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27 Oct 2008 14:50:35 IST

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Common ques...Why hot water freezes faster than cold water???

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Common ques...Why hot water freezes faster than cold water???

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Sahil Gupta

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27 Oct 2008 15:00:57 IST

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according to Newton's Law of Cooling; more the difference between the temperatures of body and surroundings faster is the heat loss (proportional to T^4) since there's larger diff. b/w the temperatures for a hot body it freezes faster. Likewise ice boils faster than water.

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