Lemonade Physics

[ceagle]

No, really :D

We've got lemons. Billions of lemons.
So I finally made some lemonade.

mmmmm :9

I couldn't drink it all..

But when I put it in the 'fridge, it FROZE!

Nothing else in the 'fridge freezes... not the milk, not the orange juice.. not the soda...

.. is the freezing point of lemonade like 40 F ? .. freaky!


p.s. SOMEBODY PLEASE COME GET ALL THESE LEMONS

Comments

[procyonid.livejournal.com]

I don't know of any way to actually raise the freezing point of water by adding a common substance to it, although of course salt and similar solutes will lower it. Chances are, as others have noted, the lemonade was in front of the vent and just got colder than everything else.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

hehheh.. I guesh that's possibubble... :9 .... It's water, lemon juice and sugar... maybe I need to conduct a zone test in the fridge :D

[level-head.livejournal.com]

The notion of "a common substance" might need some definition. According to this site, a surprising substance raises the freezing point of water: Testosterone.
http://www.ehow.com/how_5211895_raise-freezing-point-water.html

But some would say that this substance is all too common.

And Happy Birthday, C_Eagle! I hope that family issues have resolved for the best, and that peace and comfort and good fortune find you and all you care for.

===|==============/ Keith DeHavelle

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

LOL... I don't think there was testosterone in that lemonade... unless some local animals are getting wild in the shade of the tree ;> !.... heh.. thanks for the link and the birthday wishes! :D