On 2/21/2021 4:01 PM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 21 Feb 2021 12:28:58 -0800 (PST), trader_4
wrote:

On Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 4:11:16 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
IIUC, when water (or anything else) freezes, it emits heat, quite a bit
of heat, and that slows the freezing of the adjacent water. Right?

What exactly constitutes adjacent water?

I guess it depends on its mailing address. If one drop is at 3302 Water
Drive and the other drop is at 3304, it's adjacent.

If it's container of water
put into a freezer it's all cooling down together, some areas will cool
faster than others and freeze first.

And what do you think happens when part freezes first? The part that
freezes emits heat, enough heat to significantly warm the water next
door and slow down its freezing. Even if the water is moving, there is
always some water next door, unless of course the landlord hasn't been
able to rent the property.


The heat released does not heat the nearby water. The nearby water
passes it's heat to the colder water, which passes it to the colder
surface that is cooling it. The frozen layer passes more heat through
from the water after it freezes because it's temperature drops, since it
does not have as much energy left to pass to the colder surface.