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Answer by Roger V. for Can water at absolute zero still be liquid?

The phenomenon is called supercooling:A liquid crossing its standard freezing point will crystalize in the presence of a seed crystal or nucleus around which a crystal structure can form creating a...

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Can water at absolute zero still be liquid?

We see this interesting phenomenon with water bottles in cold chillers left undisturbed for a long time; the water within remains a liquid, but a small kinetic shock, such as a tap, shake or pour,...

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Answer by wombat for Can water at absolute zero still be liquid?

NON-SOLID WATER BELOW 0 degrees CelsiusI assume you intended to say "absolute zero" as it would be explained by thermodynamics--as opposed to simply "freezing point."From a theoretical perspective,...

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Answer by user391678 for Can water at absolute zero still be liquid?

Physics cannot really answer that question, because:a) nothing can ever be cooled down to absolute zero at the first place, therefore the subject of supercooling is undefined in that sense;b) the...

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