I4-36: REGELATION - ICE UNDER PRESSURE
- ID Code: I4-36
- Purpose: Demonstrate regelation.
- Description: A thin wire with weights on the ends is looped over an ice cube. In a few minutes the wire will cut through the ice cube and the weights fall with a bang onto the stand. The ice re-freezes after the wire passes, leaving a single cube of ice. The photograph above shows the wire cutting through the ice cube.
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- References: http://lecdem.physics.umd.edu/images/refs/refsi.htm#I4-36