Category: ice
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Ice Advice: The Right Way to Store Ice in the Freezer
How to store ice without it sublimating or taking on smells.
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Spiders and Insect Ice Balls for Halloween
I made some ice balls with spooky spiders and other insects frozen inside them.
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Directional Freezing, Freeze Distillation, and an 1890 Story About Ice Purity
The relationship between directional freezing and freeze distillation, and how the same concept can be used to explain a story from 1890 that clear ice from a lake is more healthy than the water from which it came.
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Directional Freezing, as a Patent Law Exam Question
Is, or was, Directional Freezing a patentable process for making clear ice? That question was proposed on a trademark class exam this winter.
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Making Clear Ice with the Clearly Frozen Ice Cube Tray
Testing out a new product that makes clear ice cubes using directional freezing, a process uncovered here on Alcademics.
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Ice Tips in Southwest Airlines Magazine
Southwest Air’s magazine features a method found here on Alcademics for making a clear ice ball and freezing objects inside it.
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Boiled Versus Rested Water Clarity with Directional Freezing: A Comparison
Can boiled water degas it? Or will gas become reabsorbed into water, thereby making just-as-cloudy ice in the directional freezing system.