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  3. From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
  4. Subject: Re: very cold beer
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec26.002312.26541@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
  6. Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
  7. References: <1h5o4nINNo2h@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
  8. Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 00:23:12 GMT
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  11. mag6@po.CWRU.Edu (Martin A. Gulaian) writes:
  12. : Why does the WHOLE beer freeze solid? If the beer is only, say, 20 deg F
  13. : below freezing, how can it absorb all the heat from the freezing ice? To
  14. : rephrase, a beer-sized block of ice would drop a beer-sized glass
  15. : of water a lot more than 20 deg F before melting. Shouldn't the inverse
  16. : apply here? 
  17.  
  18. I don't think you can really call it a temperature change. It is simply
  19. a state change - from supercooled liquid to ice - both having the same
  20. specific heat.
  21.  
  22. Bill
  23.