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well, it's summer, and I have my water frozen in a plastic bottle. I leave a bit of space so that I can pour some water in to make water cold so that I can enjoy cold water.

Just other day I randomly thought that shanking the bottle would make the water get cold quicker than just pouring it in and wait.

So, I did, it got cold fast, really fast. I thought it got cold way too quick.

Can anyone explain this? I mean is there an reason other than that water get good exposure (shaking causing circulation) to ice which allowing it to cool fast?

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by Neo2000 » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:06 am
By shaking it, you generated energy that caused the ice to melt. Miniscule amount maybe, but enough to cool down your water a lot more than you thought it would

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by asherman » Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:24 pm
simple concept of erosion my friend. For example, in santa monica, the beach just eroded tons after our storm - with wind, rain and waves, it sped up what would have happened over years in just a few days...

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by money9111 » Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:32 pm
also depending on how hard you shook it.. you could have cracked the larger ice exposing more surface area, allowing the cold water to then erode the newly exposed surface...
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