Does Sugar Affect The Freezing Of Water

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The Freezing point of water is 32° fahrenheit, But does anything affect the freezing point of water? The effect of salt and sugar lowering water’s freezing point is called Freezing Point Depression(FPD). When water freezes, its molecules slow down and “stick” together, and eventually slow down so much they stay in place and become a solid. However when salt or sugar is added, it “interferes with the formation of the crystalline bonds between water molecules that give ice its solidity”, Written by the Editors at infoplease in the article “Does sugar affect the freezing of water? Why?”. Carbonation according to Raymond Cheong, from MadSci, “impure water has a slightly smaller thermal conductivity. Therefore,” […] “carbonated water freezes slightly

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