Research Paper
Freeze! The Effect of Super Cooling Water on Nucleation in Aqueous Solutions
Hunter B. Tuck
Author Note
Hunter B. Tuck, Southside Virginia Community College, Keysville, VA.
Contact: huntertuck1212@gmail.com
Abstract
This particular study demonstrated the overall effects of super cooling different types of aqueous solutions. In similar studies conducted upon super cooling water, researchers have only used distilled water in their experiments. In this study, however, rain, tap, and purified bottled water were used. The researcher’s prediction was that if energy was introduced to each of the super cooled aqueous solutions, then nucleation would occur similarly throughout each solution. These aqueous solutions were all room temperature initially and underwent the same procedures as the effects of super cooling water were tested. Nucleation, but also instant freezing, were seen in the different samples as a result of super cooling the solutions. This proposed that each test was similar and that the researcher’s hypothesis was supported by this experiment.
Keywords: Supercooling; Nucleation; Energy; Instant freezing
Freeze! The Effect of Super Cooling Water on Nucleation in Aqueous Solutions
There are many different types of aqueous solutions, such as water, but even water can be broken down into specific types. Those types can include rain, tap, salt, purified, and even bottled water. All of these solutions are very similar, but one difference that could be proposed between them is the rate of nucleation when the different solutions are super cooled. According to one study, “Supercooling occurs when a liquid does not freeze although its temperature is below its freezing point” (Gholaminejad & Hosseini, 2013). Many experiments have been conducted on this area of study, but their experiments were limited because distilled water was the only type of aqueous solution that was used.
One research study has been conducted by Amir Gholaminejad and Reza Hosseini, in which
Hunter B. Tuck
Author Note
Hunter B. Tuck, Southside Virginia Community College, Keysville, VA.
Contact: huntertuck1212@gmail.com
Abstract
This particular study demonstrated the overall effects of super cooling different types of aqueous solutions. In similar studies conducted upon super cooling water, researchers have only used distilled water in their experiments. In this study, however, rain, tap, and purified bottled water were used. The researcher’s prediction was that if energy was introduced to each of the super cooled aqueous solutions, then nucleation would occur similarly throughout each solution. These aqueous solutions were all room temperature initially and underwent the same procedures as the effects of super cooling water were tested. Nucleation, but also instant freezing, were seen in the different samples as a result of super cooling the solutions. This proposed that each test was similar and that the researcher’s hypothesis was supported by this experiment.
Keywords: Supercooling; Nucleation; Energy; Instant freezing
Freeze! The Effect of Super Cooling Water on Nucleation in Aqueous Solutions
There are many different types of aqueous solutions, such as water, but even water can be broken down into specific types. Those types can include rain, tap, salt, purified, and even bottled water. All of these solutions are very similar, but one difference that could be proposed between them is the rate of nucleation when the different solutions are super cooled. According to one study, “Supercooling occurs when a liquid does not freeze although its temperature is below its freezing point” (Gholaminejad & Hosseini, 2013). Many experiments have been conducted on this area of study, but their experiments were limited because distilled water was the only type of aqueous solution that was used.
One research study has been conducted by Amir Gholaminejad and Reza Hosseini, in which
References: Gholaminejad, A., & Hosseini, R. (2013). A Study of Water Supercooling. Retrieved November 28, 2014, from www.scirp.org/journal/PaperDownload.aspx?paperID=29383.