It's supercooling. The water is going below the freezing point without freezing because it's undisturbed and doesn't find a point to crystallize at. By you picking up the bottle, it's disturbing the water molecules which causes them to rapidly crystallize and freeze.
This is an advantage pure water has over mixtures, like soda. Those substances will freeze, sometimes breaking or deforming the container, and causing leaks when the product thaws. Also, water is one of only a few substances that expand when going from the liquid to the solid state; most others contract.
This effect is known as superchilling, because the water is pure, there are no nucleation sites for ice crystals to form, once the bottle is jostled, this causes a chain reaction where the water temperature raises to 32 degrees during the freezing process. This same effect can be seen with sodium acetate.
It happens in my work truck in the winter all the time, a brand new water bottle is liquid but it's 25° out as soon as I pop the cap it freezes, must have something to do with letting oxygen in the molecules do some weird thing and freeze. I don't know.
It's supercooling. The water is going below the freezing point without freezing because it's undisturbed and doesn't find a point to crystallize at. By you picking up the bottle, it's disturbing the water molecules which causes them to rapidly crystallize and freeze.
@@andrewg593 thanks! Just the type of answer i was looking for
This is an advantage pure water has over mixtures, like soda. Those substances will freeze, sometimes breaking or deforming the container, and causing leaks when the product thaws.
Also, water is one of only a few substances that expand when going from the liquid to the solid state; most others contract.
This effect is known as superchilling, because the water is pure, there are no nucleation sites for ice crystals to form, once the bottle is jostled, this causes a chain reaction where the water temperature raises to 32 degrees during the freezing process. This same effect can be seen with sodium acetate.
@@evanchapmanfanman interesting! This is the type of answer i was hoping for
It happens in my work truck in the winter all the time, a brand new water bottle is liquid but it's 25° out as soon as I pop the cap it freezes, must have something to do with letting oxygen in the molecules do some weird thing and freeze. I don't know.
Im glad its not only me lol shits crazy tho! It amuses me 😂😂
It’s known as “superchilling” this effect can also be seen with sodium acetate
It's because you have R-12 Running through your veins! (or possibly 22)
@@brentaudi9354 12, definitely 12
@@TheAirConditionerGuy I Knew It! "Chill Master" you is...