Hope this helps someone struggling to survive the heat

  • lobo@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I think the salt is actually worse for keeping thing cool longer.

    Most of the cooling capacity of the ice is in phase change from solid to liquid. The salt is moving it to -10 which means bigger gap from outside temperature. So the cold escapes quicker.

    If you use normal water it will climb to 0 faster, but stay there longer.

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      1 hour ago

      You’re wrong, look up old school ways of making ice cream. Ask an old person if they remember biting into a salt crystal when having old fashioned ice cream.

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      20 hours ago

      Great. You’ve got a hypothesis. Now work on it this weekend and report to the class on Monday for a practical.