The Mpemba Effect

hello! stemians how are you all? Today i'm gonna tell you about a mystry of The Mpemba Effect, why hot water freeze faster than cold water. Many Scientists do new research about it and has been able to uncover the mystery The Mpemba Effect. So let us explain about the mystry of The Mpemba Effect.

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What is The Mpemba Effect

When the phenomenon of hot water becoming frozen faster than cold water it's called Mpemba effect. Any substance has to cross two steps to becoming harder from the liquid. The temperature at which the liquid is in the first place will reach its temperature (melting point) temperature, then without changing the temperature, it will change the condition due to sapidity. In the case of water, 40 degrees Celsius water will be in the freezing degree from 40 degrees to freezing, then it will become ice from zero to zero degree. Then the temperatures will be reduced further by the ice temperature.

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So the glass of water in two glasses will be as high as zero degrees it becomes freezing. But the incident happened in the Mpemba effect. Under the influence of hot water will be ice and cold water will be there! The ephemeral effect of hot water in the hot water of the general rule is called The Mpemba Effect.

Starting History of The Mpemba Effect

In 1963, According to a Tanzanian schoolboy named Erasto Mpemba, this theory has been named as Empamba Effect and then he noticed this strange behavior of water while making ice cream. When he told about this with her school teacher, they didn't believe that. After a few years, a professor of physics came in while attending high school, Dr. Dennis Ashbourne, Empamba, asked him about this. His teachers and classmates disbelieve him but Become interested in Ashbourne and Dr. Ashbourne performs tests in this regard in her own lab. He noticed, in reality, the hot water can be ice than cold water! But it does not happen every time, but sometimes he sees this strange religion of water. Then in 1969, Empamba and Dr. Asborn published a paper in this regard.

Before giving a scientific explanation of this strange behavior of water, you need to look back a bit. Aristotle was noticed this strange behavior of water several thousand years ago. He was probably the first to write about this in 350 BC From his writing when you heat water in a long time, it comes ice is faster than cold water. Among the modern-day scientists, Francis Bacon noticed this strange behavior of water. Famous mathematician Rene Deckard, who has been named Cartesian Coordinator System, noted this behavior of water.

Scientific Explanation Of The Mpemba Effect

About two or two and a half thousand years ago, people knew about this behavior of water, but after telling the MPP of modern science, rightly speaking, After publishing the paper with Ashbourne. But after nearly half a century had passed, no one could give any complete explanation about it! And behind it is the phrase 'Water come to ice'. When the water reaches zero degrees that does not become ice, initially, small crystals of ice will be formed, then bind it to the center. Now there is no definite definition of ice becoming the first crystal form or the whole water is frozen.

Although there is no definite explanation for the whole matter, there are so many hypotheses. The simplest explanation is that if the water is boiling, then some water evaporates into the air, thus decreasing the amount of water in the containers. The same amount of water is kept in two separate decompositions, and one is kept at room temperature and another is given to the temperature of the boiling point of water, and the water will evaporate anything from the heat. As a result, the mass of the bacterial water will decrease slightly. And due to the mass reduction, the hot water gets ice before. Based on this theory there are several successful experiments, but theoretically, his calculation is not possible. There is a great deal of suspicion about the only reason for the loss of mass.

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Another explanation outside the mass reduction is the release of dissolved gas in the water. There are always dissolved gas in the water. When the water is heated, these gas slowly goes out. As a result, this hot water has less gas than cold water. As a result, when the gas is coming out, the water level is rising. For example, if the carbon-di-oxide dissolves in water, the water can reach up to -8 degrees Celsius. But if the carbon-di-oxide is removed, then the pure water is again gone zero degrees. In the same way, due to the existing gas, there could be a change in boiling point.

In 2012, the Royal Society of Chemistry organized a contest and explained the ephemeral effect. About 22,000 competitors gave their explanation. Nicola Bargovich chose Mpemba as the winner among them. Bregovic explains the previously said water vapor and dissolved gas in two new areas. One is the result of convection current and supercooling. If the hot water is kept in a cold environment, the edges of the vessel are cool quickly, but the temperature of the middle water is high. As a result, a stream of water of different temperature is created, which affects the impact of the Mphema effect. On the other hand, before the water becomes ice, the temperature of one part of the area falls below the himmac and there made a small crystal. The drop in this temperature is called supercooling, which helps to bind water.

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The funny thing is that this theory is not perfect for the interpretation of the Mpemba effect. There is no satisfactory answer to the reason why the hot water is supercooling less than cold water. As a result of the apparent solution of a mystery, another mystery came up. All of the scientists tested this theory at once, but none of the scientists are recognized this as a cause.

Zi Zhang of Nanyang Technological University and his team of researchers gave a new explanation about the Mpemba effect in Singapore. The origin of their theory is the unique chemical bond of water. The covalent bond is made with two hydrogens and one oxygen. But a major difference between water and other such compounds is hydrogen bonding. Although hydrogen bonding is less powerful than the composite bond, water hydrogen is higher due to the hydrogen bonding. According to G. Zhang's theory, this hydrogen bonding is responsible for this exceptional behavior of water.

Hydrogen bonding stops the water molecules nearby. When water is given to heat, the hydrogen bonds will gradually move away and the water molecules move away from one another. When it is cooled down again, the hydrogen bonding will again bring hydrogen molecules closer to the previous. The hydrogen bonding will leave the energy that is said to be the reason for the rapid ice of hot water as the Singaporean scientist's team. They showed a calculation of the molecular activity of hot and cold water to prove their theory.

However, not all scientists work for the Mpembha effect Many people interpret this as a coincidence occasionally. In 2016, Boris and Linden published a paper, where they directly denied the MPEGA effects. They have critically criticized the whole matter. According to them, due to the problem of water mass or temperature measurement during testing, hot water may appear to be rapid ice. Apart from Burridge and Linden, many others have raised questions about a number of issues. Water sources, water storage containers, heat sources, how to cool - There may be thousands of things that may seem to be causing the ice in such a situation, due to the fact that the same water is getting faster than the temperature. However, those who work with the MPEGA effect are not the only ones to give up. Nature always loves the mystery. Although science goes a long way, it still can not give a complete answer to many things. Who knows if Mpemba effect will remain one such? If you get answers to all the questions, there will be nothing to ask for. So, there may be some mystery that may well be one by one.

References for further reading about The Mpemba Effect

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• Questioning the Mpemba effect: hot water does not cool more quickly than cold

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