Re: OT - Global Warming Revisited


BottleBob wrote:
> fredfighter@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > Kirk Gordon wrote:
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Here's a simple experiment, for those who are interested. Put a
> > > small dish of water in the freezer, and also a small bag of salt. Let
> > > them both chill completely overnight, so the water is frozen, and the
> > > salt is equally cold. Then pour the salt on top of the ice, and leave
> > > everything in the freezer for another few hours. Then have a look.
> > > Because the salt was as cold as the ice, it won't have melted anything.
> > > It'll still be sitting there on top of the ice.
> > >
> >
> > Obviously you didn't try that yourself.
> >
> > You should.
>
>
> Kirk & FF:
>
> OK, being the experimental sort I tried this. I put a bowl of water
> AND a salt shaker in the freezer last night. This morning at 8:30 AM I
> sprinkled salt on half the bowl of ice. I looked at it about an hour
> later and the salt was still obviously salt and was sitting on top of
> the ice. I looked at it a few minutes ago (11:30 AM about four hours
> after adding the salt), and all the salt had dissolved and pitted the
> ice. Now I have a frost free freezer so if it was in
> non-freezing/warming mode, then any conclusions might be a little fuzzy
> and inconclusive.
>

I was concerned about th efrost free cycle myself so after
doing this once, I repeated it in a sealed container so the
warm defrosting air would not blow on the ice. Same result.
Same result as when putting salt on ice on a sidewalk outdoors
when it is well below freezing.

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FF

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