Mini-Quiz: Mpemba Effect: When Hot Water Freezes before Cold
Take this Mini-Quiz to check your understanding of the lesson material.
Self-check your understanding
How did Mpemba make this discovery?
Why must you use the same type of container for all experiments?
Is there only one way to verify this effect?
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If you got all three correct, you are on your way to becoming a Champion in Physics. If you had problems, you had better look over the material again.
Take note of the unusual
Resources and references
Websites
Can hot water freeze faster than cold water? – University of California, Dept of Physics
Explanation of the Anomalies of Water – London (UK) South Bank University Applied Science Department
Experimental Details – James Brownridge; Binghamptom University (SUNY) Department of Physics
Mpemba Effect – Wikipedia encyclopedia
Technical articles
Knight, Charles A., “The Mpemba Effect: The Freezing Times of Hot and Cold Water”, Letter in American Journal of Physics, Vol 64, May 1996, p524
Auerbach, David, “Supercooling and the Mpemba Effect: When Hot Water Freezes Faster Than Cold”, American Journal of Physics, Vol 63, 882-885, (1995)
Scientific American article published in 1977. Volume 237, No. 3, pages 246-257
Dorsey, N.E., Am. Philos. Soc. 38, 247-328, (1948).
Dorsey, N.E., The Properties of Ordinary Water Substance, Reinhold, Scranton, PA., (1940).
