Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site princeton.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!ulysses!princeton!levy From: levy@princeton.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: boiling hot water Message-ID: <262@princeton.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Aug-83 21:18:42 EDT Article-I.D.: princeto.262 Posted: Tue Aug 16 21:18:42 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Aug-83 07:30:13 EDT References: <393@houxz.UUCP> Organization: Princeton University Lines: 5 The same reason (cold water contains more air than hot water) can explain why cold water (sometimes) freezes faster. If you have boiled your water previously and put it in the freezer at say 70 degrees, it will freeze much faster than if you just took it from the faucet at the same 70 degrees. -- Silvio Levy