Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Inside Look at How Ice Melts
The science of melting ice just became a little more solid. A new computer simulation shows that frozen water molecules, when heated up, vibrate until they spin. The swiveling motion causes the Mickey-Mouse-shaped particles to break free of their ice crystal home, bump into nearby molecules and start a chain reaction of melting. With cool video!
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