Engineering News Blog

Engineering News

Latest news of interest to engineers. Sourced from GlobalSpec's Engineering News

Previous in Blog: This Is a Gun   Next in Blog: Wind-Powered Cart Goes Faster Than the Wind
Close
Close
Close
3 comments
Rate Comments: Nested

By Manipulating Condensation Conditions, Researchers Create Room-Temperature Ice

Posted July 29, 2010 2:33 PM

From Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now:

In a breakthrough so hot it's cool, Spanish researchers have figured out how to make water freeze at room temperature. By artificially manipulating the mechanisms by which water condenses in the atmosphere, the researchers found a means to trigger ice formation at far higher temperatures than water's usual freezing point, a development that could lead to better artificial snowmaking, more efficient ice skating rinks, and better freezer technology.

Read the whole article

Reply

Interested in this topic? By joining CR4 you can "subscribe" to
this discussion and receive notification when new comments are added.
Guru

Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 1013
Good Answers: 36
#1

Re: By Manipulating Condensation Conditions, Researchers Create Room-Temperature Ice

07/30/2010 8:08 AM

If this technology is workable:

1- Since cooling water to form ice requires the removal of an amount of heat from it, is this technique going to release HEAT to satisfy the laws of physics?

2- If yes, then somehow, energy should be recovered from this spontaneous icing of the water...?

Any ideas?

Reply
Anonymous Poster
#2

Re: By Manipulating Condensation Conditions, Researchers Create Room-Temperature Ice

07/30/2010 4:06 PM

Ice 9, anyone?

Reply
Guru
Hobbies - CNC - New Member Popular Science - Biology - New Member Hobbies - Musician - New Member

Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 3523
Good Answers: 146
#3

Re: By Manipulating Condensation Conditions, Researchers Create Room-Temperature Ice

07/30/2010 8:58 PM

All I know is, I want my ice cubes colder than room temperature!!

__________________
incus opella
Reply
Reply to Blog Entry 3 comments
Copy to Clipboard

Users who posted comments:

Anonymous Poster (1); artsmith (1); LAA_Lucke (1)

Previous in Blog: This Is a Gun   Next in Blog: Wind-Powered Cart Goes Faster Than the Wind

Advertisement