----- Original Message ----- From: Horace Heffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 5:18 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:The Mpemba Effect
> > On Sep 24, 2008, at 12:42 PM, Harry Veeder wrote: > > has the effect actually been observed with distilled water? > > > > harry > > > > There have been many serious experiments done in laboratories. It > is > difficult to imagine *not* using distilled water in such controlled > > experiments, at least in some controls. However, if you want a > reference that actually says distilled water was used then here is > one: > http://www.speedylook.com/Mpemba_effect.html > > Here is a detailed 1998 discussion of many related issues, but > strangely, not the use of distilled water: > > http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > It would be interesting to try it with other purified liquids and liquids which are very viscous. Harry
