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> minus temperatures Nitpick: it is difficult to take a shower with water in solid form (ice).

• soheil 6y ago
  Not if the water has enough salt mixed in it.
• Jap2-0 6y ago
  > > minus temperatures > Nitpick: it is difficult to take a shower with water in solid form (ice). Nitpick: having a temperature below zero does not necessarily mean that it is in a solid form; for example, it could be at a high pressure or not have a nucleus to freeze around (supercooling).
  • hedora 6y ago
    I’d like to see a video of this hypothetical subzero shower stream turning to a block of ice around an unsuspecting nucleus. Bonus points if you can scale it up to a mannequin.
    • ColFrancis 6y ago
      A shock would likely cause a nucleus site anyway. When people do this with water in the freezer a good knock sets it off. So when the water starts to flow I think it'd freeze in the pipes.
    • Izkata 6y ago
      Supercooled water isn't quite the same thing you're asking for - I doubt it could be done with a shower without special equipment - but here's a video of spontaneous freezing in two ways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fot3m7kyLn4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fot3m7kyLn4 The first, pounding it inside the sealed bottle, is creating some sort of disturbance to crystalize around (an "unsuspecting nucleus"), and the second is pouring it semi-shower-like.
    • Jap2-0 6y ago
      High pressure would probably be a more likely explanation for a shower. As for the feasibility... we're talking about technicalities here. I do think it would be interesting to see it, though.
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