At 07:04 PM 3/9/2010, Al Knoll wrote... >So in my vanagon, if the inside temperature of the air is 85deg >(jonesin for >spring, here) and a block of ice is melting what temperature is the >water >that is on the surface of the ice? Oh yeah, at 60'ASL here in >downtowncowtown. Nowhere close to 0 C, depending on what you consider accurate. To get close to 0 C, you need shaved ice, made of distilled water, saturated with liquid, but not floating in liquid water. That, in a well insulated container, will get you within millidegrees of 0 C. Reference: http://ts.nist.gov/MeasurementServices/Calibrations/upload/SP819.PDF |
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