Freezing Boiling Water

Heh. My accordion instructor used to be in the Russian Army. They would have occasional exercises in Siberia. He related a story to me about how they would grab a cup of hot water and then sling it's contents towards another and by the time the water reached the face of the other soldier, it would do exactly that.

Remind me not to move to Yellowknife, NWT.

hot water freezes faster than cold water

Awww....I was thinking it would do the Bugs Bunny thing and just turn instantly into a block of ice :(

@tigerbitten...
haha... i expected the same thing...

The water molecules are expanded while heat has been added. With the larger surface area per molecule, It will dissipate heat a lot quicker when they water molecules are not group tightly together. That's why hot water "freeze" faster than cold water. Now if the water was shooting out at an optimal pressure with optimal temperature relative to the freezing environment, it would actually freeze into a s slab/stick of ice. That's how when a massive and deep cold front hits let's say a small waterfall, the waterfall can actually freeze.
Water is one of the most amazing things in the universe.

It's -30 here in southern Canada right now too.

Also, she's doing that in that temperature with no gloves or hat? Canadian, through and through! Once winter gets going we consider -5 to be a day you don't have to wear a jacket.

Pedestrian A, I think you mean water droplets. Water molecules don't change their size.

I did this in England during the last cold snap. It was nowhere near -30 but worked just the same.

Along with others I noticed no hat or gloves. But more curiously, no water vapor condensing in front of her mouth as she's talking.

Funny how many people have done this online since it appeared on TV a few weeks before christmas. One guy said to me that it's amazing how many people living in truly cold areas didn't know about the instant snow trick until it appeared on TV. He told me how steam locos used to pull around their own pet snow cloud when he was young.