2007-06-19 11:33:06 · 11 answers · asked by Kyle M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Yes it can. The only importance of 32 degrees F is that liquid water turns to solid water at that temperature. Outside in the winter the temperature drops well below 32 F. The ice gets much colder as the air temperature drops. The temperature of the ice in Alaska can get down to -50 F or lower.
2007-06-19 11:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by physandchemteach 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water droplets can supercool to well below the normal freezing point (without freezing) if the water is very pure. This happens in certain clouds under certain atmospheric conditions.
Otherwise almost everyone got it right. Water ice will continue to get colder, so long as the ambient temperature continues to decrease. And, I THINK that water under pressure has a lower freezing point than water at atmospheric conditions.
Ice of different compounds can have higher or lower freezing points (carbon dioxide ice--dry ice freezes at a much lower temperature compared to water ice, for example).
2007-06-19 13:34:07 · answer #2 · answered by David A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, as long as 100% of the water forming the ice has frozen. WATER can not get colder than 32 degrees at atmospheric pressure (excluding exotic effects), but ICE can get all the way down to absolute zero, as can any other solid.
2007-06-19 11:41:44 · answer #3 · answered by brandon r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, ice, like any solid can get progressively colder as the temperature goes down.
Water can't get colder than 32; it freezes.
Water can't get hotter than 212, it turns to steam.
But steam can get hotter than 212, and ice colder than 32.
2007-06-19 11:40:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes it can, 32 degrees is only the freezing point, ice can get well below that temperature.
2007-06-19 11:37:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure it can get as cold as -100...maybe more. But if you're asking if it can freeze are below 32... well yeah that's logic!
Can it freeze at 33 degrees or above? Nope
2007-06-19 13:04:01 · answer #6 · answered by Student 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya it just freezes a 32 degrees
2007-06-19 11:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by Sam S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep..because 32 degrees is freezing point..so ice has to be below that anyways.
2007-06-19 11:40:37 · answer #8 · answered by daisy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice can be cooled and super-cooled to any temperature you like, even down to the lowest temperature ever achieved which is NEAR to, Absolute Zero of -273°C (Zero Kelvin).
2007-06-19 13:09:14 · answer #9 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can also change the boiling/freezing points based on the atmosphere and dissolving impurities (salt) into the water.
2007-06-19 11:40:11 · answer #10 · answered by J O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋