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Re: Making ICE faster
« Reply #15 on: November 20, 2013, 02:50:17 AM »
I believe danteOne refers to Mpemba effect: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html
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Re: Making ICE faster
« Reply #16 on: November 20, 2013, 03:17:11 AM »
I believe danteOne refers to Mpemba effect: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html

I was being facetious but with poorly chosen words, making ice by boiling water first may or may not be faster but it certainly wouldn't be a particularly energy efficient method for making ice  :)



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