Can you Boil Water With Ice?
Most recent answer: 09/08/2011
Q:
Can you boil water with ice.
- Josh (age 16)
Unionville Mo USA
- Josh (age 16)
Unionville Mo USA
A:
Hi Josh,
The last time I tried it the water got cold. Seriously though, if you put dry ice in water it looks as if it's boiling but that is just the dry-ice, really solid carbon dioxide, turning into the gaseous phase and making bubbles. The net effect is to cool the water.
LeeH
You could do it indirectly. You could run a heat engine off the temperature difference between the ice and the room, say using a thermoelectric cell to generate current. The current from that cell could then be used to drive some sort of electric heater to boil a little water.
Mike W,
The last time I tried it the water got cold. Seriously though, if you put dry ice in water it looks as if it's boiling but that is just the dry-ice, really solid carbon dioxide, turning into the gaseous phase and making bubbles. The net effect is to cool the water.
LeeH
You could do it indirectly. You could run a heat engine off the temperature difference between the ice and the room, say using a thermoelectric cell to generate current. The current from that cell could then be used to drive some sort of electric heater to boil a little water.
Mike W,
(published on 09/08/2011)