The Scientific facts are Water at 0°C in Liquid form has a density of
0.9999grams per cubic centimetre where as Ice at 0°C has a Density of
0.9150g/cm³ which equates to 9% the damage this can do when trapped is well
known, how many of you have suffered a Burst Water Pipe?

It is more about the Breaking or Rupturing of Cells, that when the Wood is
Thawed and the Moisture Removed [Freezing will not remove Internal Moisture
by Sublimation] there is a very real risk of Collapse within the Wood.

In a nut shell we are not discussing a Viable Method for Drying Wood so its
back to the proven methods or the Soap Bath.

RVS

"charlie b" wrote in message
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Richard Stapley wrote:

Charlie not sure about this I can understand the Loss of Volume of the
Ice
Cubes as this will be due to "Sublimation" at the Surface of the Ice,

Sublimation: Passing from solid state to gaseous state directly
without
going through the liquid state.

In a "frost free" freezer, the "gas", in this case water vapor, is
removed
from the freezing compartment - if it wasn't it would condense and
become
"frost". So there is some removal of water - directly from ice.

OR - IF the liquid dishwashing detergent (LDD) method actually gets
the solution INTO the wood, I doubt it would freeze.


but
you also will have an Expansion of Water when Frozen = to 9% of its
volume,
this may distort/destroy the Inner Cell Structure of the Wood?


As for the unusual characteristic of water - to expand, rather than to
contract, as it cools, (good thing too or we and other liquid water
based
organisms would never have occurred on this planet) - I believe the
expansion value is closer to 4%. That's in the expansion range of
many
common woods - something solid wood furniture makers have been dealing
with for quite a while (imagine trying to make chairs in Egypt).

But back to quick (relative to air drying) drying - perhaps to
eliminate
the the "ice cracking" potential problem, how about just using the
refridgerator part of the fridge?

charliel b