yes, ice is wet. all ice has an extremely thin layer of water (to explain it very simply) on the outside in varying degrees of thickness. the coldest ice has a layer an atom thick. as the ice warms up, this layer gets thicker. this is why hockey players refer to colder ice as 'fast ice' and warm ice as 'slow ice' because the thicker the membrane the slower you can skate across it, the more friction it presents.Phlakes said:
Poll: Is Ice wet?
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Pretty sure that is a solid (frozen) form of CO2 and ice is a solid form of H2O. As for ice being wet, no. The "wet" part could be the outside layer of it that has started to melt.TimeLord said:
I said that it is wet as once it comes into contact with any that is not below 0 Celsius, it melts and thus is wet. Just ice in a complete vacuum is dry as those skulls you see in the desert.TimeLord said:
Dry ice is not wet as it sublimates and does not have a liquid phase. Dry ice is CO2 that has gotten so cold that it has frozen. Co2 is never a liquid, not until I have my own pressure chamber, that is...
It depends on the environment, in particular the temperature, for a particular example. If it's warm enough to have melt some of the ice than the ice will be coated in water and hence be wet. That particular ice cube would be wet and that wetness would have come from itself, but this is a water/ice mixture, not ice itself. Iron can be melted and so it can also have a stage in which the core is solid but the outside is liquid, that doesn't mean that iron is wet.
So when no melting is taking place the ice is not wet.
'Dry Ice' is a name for the solid form of Carbon Dioxide, but it should be given another name because ice is frozen water and as stated above, it is also dry (except when melting).
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So when no melting is taking place the ice is not wet.
'Dry Ice' is a name for the solid form of Carbon Dioxide, but it should be given another name because ice is frozen water and as stated above, it is also dry (except when melting).
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If you want to get technical about it, Ice is wet. Since there is no chemical difference between water and ice, they maintain similar chemical properties. Since "wet" is based on the presence of a polar liquid (mercury or oil are liquids at room temperature, but are not considered chemically wet), ice is still chemically composed of water and is thus wet.TimeLord said:
Dry ice is not wet because of it's chemical structure. Since dry ice is composed of frozen CO2 gas, it does not contain water or any polar liquid that could distinguish it as wet. If ice is melted it turns into water, however when dry ice "melts" it sublimates directly into a gas.
Chemistry 101 much?
No, solidified water isn't wet. Liquid water emanating from it is. An ice cube can be wet because of this. It's really the melting surface layer that is wet, but arguing that an ice cube cannot be wet is nothing but nitpickery.
Addendum: Some areas in Russia, Antarctica and Arctica are classified as deserts, and this is not because they're hot.
No, solidified water isn't wet. Liquid water emanating from it is. An ice cube can be wet because of this. It's really the melting surface layer that is wet, but arguing that an ice cube cannot be wet is nothing but nitpickery.
Addendum: Some areas in Russia, Antarctica and Arctica are classified as deserts, and this is not because they're hot.
No. People are saying that ice can be wet because it forms a coat of water, but this is no longer ice, that is water. No, it is not wet.
Antartica is the driest continent in the world. If ice was wet, this would not be the case.
Antartica is the driest continent in the world. If ice was wet, this would not be the case.
Ice is not wet. Ice is a solid and only appears wet because it melts. It is in fact the water making you wet so no ice is not wet.
Unless held in a state that water can not form around the outer layer ice is wet.
It's the outer layer of water around the ice that makes it wet.
Otherwise a wet shirt isn't wet. Its a dry shirt because its a solid that just so happens to have water on it which is wet.
Holding ice at room temperature is wet once it begins to melt since the ice, which is now covered in water, is now technically wet.
No different then a t-shirt you soak in water. That's a wet shirt. You don;t hand someone a shirt that's soaking in water telling them its dry unless your a bastard. The shirt is wet because of the water on it.
Therefor the ice cube after it has developed its film of water is now wet.
It's the outer layer of water around the ice that makes it wet.
Otherwise a wet shirt isn't wet. Its a dry shirt because its a solid that just so happens to have water on it which is wet.
Holding ice at room temperature is wet once it begins to melt since the ice, which is now covered in water, is now technically wet.
No different then a t-shirt you soak in water. That's a wet shirt. You don;t hand someone a shirt that's soaking in water telling them its dry unless your a bastard. The shirt is wet because of the water on it.
Therefor the ice cube after it has developed its film of water is now wet.
I say yes, ice is sort of wet. It's slick, and if it melts even in the slightest, it would be wet. So there's my reasoning.
As for dry ice, I have never seen it in real life, but I heard if you get that wet, it makes smoke, or stream or something.
As for dry ice, I have never seen it in real life, but I heard if you get that wet, it makes smoke, or stream or something.
The correct answer is: sometimes.TimeLord said:
Ice will be wet (as in a solid object coated in liquid) if it is melted to almost any degree.
However, Ice that is kept in an environment that is as cold or colder than the ice itself will not be wet.
To answer your second question: No, 'Dry ice' or 'Cardice' is frozen Carbon Dioxide and produces no moisture.
