Poll: Is Ice wet?

[muffincakes]

Simple test for you: Get your fingers slightly damp, reach into the freezer and grab a piece of ice. Do not remove it from the freezer. After a few seconds, try to let that ice go. If you did this correctly, the ice will at least partially adhere to you fingers. It won't slip around like a greased pig or turn into a big puddle of water, but it will stay dry and solid until you bring it out into warmer temperatures. The reason it sticks is because the water on your fingers is now frozen with the ice, and even though it was wet before, once it freezes it becomes as dry as the ice.

So the answer to you question is no, ice is not wet. Water is wet, and melting ice becomes water, but the ice itself is not wet(unless there is water on it).

 

[4fromK]

I would say that Ice isnt wet, so much as melted water on the surface of ice is wet. although I dont exactly have a definition of wet in frpnt of me so oh well.

 

[oppp7]

I hate you people...

OT: No, it's frozen water. It is not a solid and any water on it is also frozen into ice. If it's partially melted than it could be, but otherwise no.

Dry ice is also called CO[sub]2[/sub] and it is not wet for the same reasons.

 

[Femaref]

It is not a solid

ice is a solid as the intermolecular bindings don't move anymore, thus forming a solid. (solid = no moving intermolecular bindings, liquid = moving but still present intermolecular bindings, gas = no intermolecular bindings)

 

[ottenni]

Well i can say that Antarctica is a desert. Not sure if that helps, but thats my contribution.

 

[ciancon]

"Dry Ice" is just a nickname. It's frozen Carbon Dioxide.

The difference between the above and ice is of course the oxegen.
Ice itself is dry. If it's not dry then that's because there is water on the surface.

 

[Zhukov]

Technically, ice is a solid, not a liquid. So no.

However, in practice, if you touch a block of ice your fingers will come away wet. So yes.

Oh, and last I heard dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide. I have never touched any, so I don't know if it is wet or not. If pressed I would hazard a guess at no.

 

[SoranMBane]

Well, dry ice is definitely not wet. It's called "dry ice" because it skips the liquid stage completely and turns into carbon dioxide gas when exposed to warmer temperatures. Whether water ice is dry or not would probably depend on the surrounding temperature (Or what your definition of "wet" is).

 

[MagicMouse]

Ice is not wet. You can often find ice with a thin layer of melted water covering it, but in that case the water is what is wet, not the ice.

As said in the other thread, wet refers to having a liquid state, and ice is a solid.

But if I were to have cookie that is dry, but then I dipped it in milk, thus coating it in a layer of liquid, is said cookie not wet?

 

[Dexiro]

Unless it's environment is below freezing point then it's probably going to be wet.

And no "it's not the ice that's wet it's the water around it". That's the stupid answer that you get by thinking about it too hard.

 

[Davey Woo]

If we take the definition of wet as being "has water on it" then whether or not ice is "wet" depends on if there is water in contact with it.
So if you have a bit of ice and drop a bit of water on it. The ice will be wet.
If you have a bit of ice and don't drop water on it. The ice will not be wet.
Done here?

 

[Daipire]

No, ice is very dry, the water that's melted from said ice makes idiots think that the ice is 'wet'.

 

[Moriarty]

Ice is not wet. You can often find ice with a thin layer of melted water covering it, but in that case the water is what is wet, not the ice.

As said in the other thread, wet refers to having a liquid state, and ice is a solid.

But if I were to have cookie that is dry, but then I dipped it in milk, thus coating it in a layer of liquid, is said cookie not wet?

would you call all cookies in the world wet, just because you can pour liquid on some of them?

 

[Lazy Kitty]

No, it isn't in liquid state.
[sup]Of course it may be possible that there is unfrozen water on the frozen water, the unfrozen water (which is not ice) is wet.[/sup]

 

[ClaptonKnophlerHendrix]

Ice is dry. It becomes wet when it turns to water, which is not ice. Therefore ice is allways dry.

 

[Kinguendo]

better question what is dry ice?

Thats not a better question... the question being asked at least has some philosophical merit, yours is easily answered. Dry Ice is the solid form of Carbon Dioxide, done.

OT: No, ice is not wet... provided that the ice hasnt started melting it is not only dry it is brittle, once it starts to melt the water you are now touching is wet.

 

[skeliton112]

Inspired by the "Is water wet" thread going at the moment

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.194049-Poll-The-Poll-to-End-All-Polls-Is-Water-Wet-Your-vote-is-needed

I was drawn to this post:

is ice wet?

Now there kiddies, is a better question.

Now, ice is obviously frozen water, being that water makes things wet by being in contact with them. Frozen water is still water, can still melt to make things wet, but the ice block itself is now solid matter, making it an object that can get wet.

I have now sufficiently confused myself

Thoughts?

EDIT: Next question: What is "dry ice" and is it wet?

Dry ice is a super cooled gas, basically. it has no liquid in it so no it is not wet.

 

[MagicMouse]

Ice is not wet. You can often find ice with a thin layer of melted water covering it, but in that case the water is what is wet, not the ice.

As said in the other thread, wet refers to having a liquid state, and ice is a solid.

But if I were to have cookie that is dry, but then I dipped it in milk, thus coating it in a layer of liquid, is said cookie not wet?

would you call all cookies in the world wet, just because you can pour liquid on some of them?

No, only after they were liquid covered of course.

 

[Iznat]

Below zero (Celsius), ice is dry, as liquids will freeze into a solid (which is dry). Upon contact with anything over 0 degrees, a film of ice will melt, make it it wet, but this wetness is notice, it is water. Underneath the water, the ice is dry, only the water on the outside is wet.
However, trying to wipe away the water to reveal the dry ice will not work, as the wiper is above zero, and will melt more ice into wet water. So the only way to check if ice is dry is to put it in the freezer again, and see what happens. ^_^

 

[SirDeadly]

Ice is a solid, with a layer of the liquid water around it, thats what causes the wetness feeling i believe.

Agreed