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ice cube madness
PD wrote:
> On Mar 18, 11:55�am, Smitty Two > wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> >
> > wrote:
> > > I have a fridge\freezer with an ice maker. The automatic ice maker
> > > storage got high and a single ice cube got
> > > placed behind the large storage tray, it has sat there for a while,
> > > but started getting smaller, now it is
> > > almost nothing.
> >
> > > What causes this cube to get smaller in an environment that appears to
> > > stay the same?
> >
> > Other's have addressed your concern, but since you brought up ice cubes,
> > maybe I can hijack the thread for a moment and invite speculation on an
> > odd experience I had many years ago.
> >
> > In a standard plastic ice cube tray in my freezer, one of the cubes grew
> > a vertical icicle. Probably 1/2" to 3/4" long, and perfectly icicle
> > shaped, i.e., a long, narrow, pointed shape, roughly symmetrical but
> > with typical irregularities.
> >
> > I did keep it, but sublimation apparently ate it up after about a week.
> > Never seen it happen again, and never heard of it happening to anyone
> > else.
>
> http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/s.../icespikes.htm
Good to hear it's not biological, yikes
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