Your thoughts and theories....

[Elbonio]

It had been a long day and I went into the freezer to get some ice for my JD. I had put the water in the ice cube tray just as normal the night before

i was somewhat bemused when I found the ice frozen in the way seen in the video below.

CLICK ME (http://www.urbanhousework.com/crap/ice.zip)

How on earth does water freeze like that?


To me it seems an impossibility.... theories anyone?

[RocketKnight]

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/icespikes/icespikes.htm

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/icespikes/icespikex.jpg

Apparently if you had used distilled water it would have been a spike rather than a blob. I assume you used tap water?

[Elbonio]

ok well that's the end of that then

:p

it's a mini adventure

[Strych]

I certainly feel enlightened.

[RocketKnight]

This actually made me think of work by Andy Goldsworthy. Brilliant artist, read a book of his work once. Example:

http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/goldsworthy/gold_icestar.gif

Also, sorry to kill the thread off so quickly. Maybe the link I provided is wrong, maybe Elvis snuck in late at night and placed it on the cube?

[Zenith]

If you think that's strange, try this little experiment.

Get a couple of weights, a piece of string and a block of ice.

Attach the weights to each end of the string and lay the string on top of the ice block. Make sure the weights dangle over the edges. Put in the freezer overnight.

In the morning, you will find the string halfway embedded in the ice with no apparent way of getting there.

It's to do with pressure. As the weighted string presses on the ice, it thaws a little below it. As the string goes through the ice, the water refreezes behind the string.
It looks like the string is strung through the middle of the block.

[TE-Hellfire]

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/7120/head1ci.jpg

ACTUAL FOOTAGE.

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/6536/head28bg.jpg

Artist's interpretation of phenomena.

I conclude that this is the cause of your problem.

[RocketKnight]

There's so much I have to do tomorrow, cheers Zenith. :)

Can we have a seperate forum for things to do without our freezers please? :p:

[Elbonio]

rofl hellfire


and yes we clearly need a "cool experiements you can do" forum whereby we document the effects of putting things in microwaves that we probably shouldnt and so on

[Swyft]

LIGHTBULBS

*cough*

[Freelance]

kittens!
(Freelance does not actually recommend putting kittens in microwaves, often)

[Gunsmith]

wirewool in the microwave is fairly cool, but no where near as much fun as a baloon wrapped in tin foil thats been filled with pure oxygen

[Omnituens]

CD's!

(produces cynaide gas out the back, so be careful...)

[LozB]

oh my god that ice cube is satan....

personally find Jim henderson puppets in the microwave much more satisfying..

[andyf]

Grapes! (http://www.pmichaud.com/grape/) Grapes! (http://c3po.barnesos.net/homepage/lpl/grapeplasma/) vid 1 (http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~maarten/movie/grapeout.mov) vid 2 (http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~maarten/movie/15burstedited2.mov) vid 3 (http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~maarten/movie/topburstedited.mov)

[Barney]

rofl thats weird, wonder how much flames u would get from a bunch...

[no friends]

Originally posted by andyf
Grapes! (http://www.pmichaud.com/grape/) Grapes! (http://c3po.barnesos.net/homepage/lpl/grapeplasma/) vid 1 (http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~maarten/movie/grapeout.mov) vid 2 (http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~maarten/movie/15burstedited2.mov) vid 3 (http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~maarten/movie/topburstedited.mov)

grapes are great :D