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Here's a strange thing. I put 24 20 oz water bottles in the freezer on Monday night. Tuesday night, all of them were frozen solid except for 4. Wednesday night the same thing. THIS MORNIG, aka 60 hours later than when I first put them in, there are 4 STILL not frozen. What in the world? How is this possible? THey aren't even crystallized...but are still pure liquid...after having been in the freezer for 3 days.
Should I drink something called "water" that won't freeze after three days? I bought the water at Wal-Mart, where I never shop because I fear low quality products. That's some low-quality water right there...won't even freeze right.
Post by ejamesglend on Jun 13, 2007 10:14:17 GMT -5
Were they in the same spot in the freezer the whole time? That's a lot of water to freeze and maybe your freezer couldn't handle it.
Ive had the same thing happen(though not for such a long time period) and when I opened the bottles they started forming crystals. I don't know the chemestry behind this, but it sure looked awesome!! You should open one and see what happens.
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Strange but all bottled water must meet Federal Drinking Water Standards so I say Drink it. If it's got something in it that won't freeze (ver unlikley) you can taste it.
Hopefully by the time I get home, they will have magically frozen, so I can pack the cooler and get on the road!
Otherwise, I think I'll have to leave them behind. I'll completely accept being called paranoid, I'd just hate to get sick b/c of some super scary Wal-Mart water BS.
Post by mphsvoodoo on Jun 13, 2007 10:38:18 GMT -5
Mine did this too, move them to another spot in the freezer. It was really random the ones that froze quickly and the ones that took awhile. I just kept moving them around til they were all frozen. I think you will be OK to drink em!
I jammed all mine in the freezer and realized later that some weren't freezing because the door wasn't closed properly (and we have some thwed pizza to deal with).
Post by alabamablues on Jun 13, 2007 11:26:19 GMT -5
Yeah, my guess is that you've got spots in your freezer that are colder than others. If you have the "magic" bottles stashed in the door compartment, for instance, that spot likely is not as cold as deep in the back.
I had some bottles that took 4-5 days to freeze also. We froze 150 bottles (for 6 people). It sure is awesome to take 5 bottles in your backpack and still have ice water 5 hours later
Only explaination I can think of is that distilled water won't freeze until it encounters a catalyst to cause it to crystallize. However, I highly doubt that generic wal-mart bottled water would be anywhere near perfectly distilled.
Edit: Maybe you scored a lick and it's actually vodka instead of water. REJOICE
The outer bottles freeze first because they are closer to the cooling coils. After they freeze first they will create a pocket of slightly warmer air around the inner bottles. Inner bottles won't freeze until you move them to the outside section.
Only explaination I can think of is that distilled water won't freeze until it encounters a catalyst to cause it to crystallize. However, I highly doubt that generic wal-mart bottled water would be anywhere near perfectly distilled.
Edit: Maybe you scored a lick and it's actually vodka instead of water. REJOICE
What he said.
This also occurs with a number of chemicals that are solid at room temperature. When you cool them down from a molten state, some jars will set up, and often a few jars will remain liquid, until something initiates crystallization.
