EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -We’ve all been taught that water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 0 degrees Celsius, 273.15 Kelvin. That’s not always the case, though. Scientists have found liquid water as cold as-40 degrees F in clouds and even cooled water down to-42 degrees F in the lab.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fresh water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit but seawater freezes at about 28.4 degrees Fahrenheit, because of the salt in it. When seawater freezes, however, the ice contains very little salt because only the water part freezes.

Detailed explanation-3: -On the Fahrenheit temperature scale, water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. On the Celsius scale, water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.

Detailed explanation-4: -On this scale, 32 degrees is the freezing point of water. The reason the Fahrenheit scale does not put the freezing point of water at 0 degrees as the Celsius scale does is that Daniel Fahrenheit, the inventor of the scale, did not use the freezing and boiling points of water as the basis of his scale.

Detailed explanation-5: -32°F (0°C). Share that the temperature at which fresh water freezes is called the freezing point. The freezing point is the temperature at which a liquid turns to a solid. The freezing point at which water-a liquid-turns to ice-a solid-is 32°F (0°C).