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Mini-Quiz: Mpemba Effect: When Hot Water Freezes before Cold
by Ron Kurtus
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If you got all three correct, you are on your way to becoming a Champion in Physics. If you had problems, you had better look over the material again.
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Resources and references
Websites
Can hot water freeze faster than cold water? - University of California, Dept of Physics
Explanation of the Anomalies of Water - London (UK) South Bank University Applied Science Department
Experimental Details - James Brownridge; Binghamptom University (SUNY) Department of Physics
Mpemba Effect - Wikipedia encyclopedia
Technical articles
Knight, Charles A., "The Mpemba Effect: The Freezing Times of Hot and Cold Water", Letter in American Journal of Physics, Vol 64, May 1996, p524
Auerbach, David, "Supercooling and the Mpemba Effect: When Hot Water Freezes Faster Than Cold", American Journal of Physics, Vol 63, 882-885, (1995)
Scientific American article published in 1977. Volume 237, No. 3, pages 246-257
Dorsey, N.E., Am. Philos. Soc. 38, 247-328, (1948).
Dorsey, N.E., The Properties of Ordinary Water Substance, Reinhold, Scranton, PA., (1940).
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