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Well said, except it is not true about the ice melting under pressure -- a weight of a human is not enough (same holds for skating). The ice is slippery becaus
by mbq 15y ago
Well said, except it is not true about the ice melting under pressure -- a weight of a human is not enough (same holds for skating). The ice is slippery because of its anomalous behavior on the boundary, which is still not fully understood.
- pewfly 15y agoYup, but I think in the 80's it was the standard explanation. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/science/21ice.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/science/21ice.htm