When hot water freezes before cold
化学物理
2017-01-30 v1 统计力学
综合物理
科普物理
摘要
I suggest that the origin of the Mpemba effect (the freezing of hot water before cold) is freezing-point depression by solutes, either gaseous or solid, whose solubility decreases with increasing temperature so that they are removed when water is heated. They are concentrated ahead of the freezing front by zone refining in water that has not been heated, reduce the temperature of the freezing front, and thereby reduce the temperature gradient and heat flux, slowing the progress of the front. I present a simple calculation of this effect, and suggest experiments to test this hypothesis.
引用
@article{arxiv.physics/0604224,
title = {When hot water freezes before cold},
author = {J. I. Katz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0604224},
year = {2017}
}
备注
7 pages, 1 figure