Saturday, December 26, 2009

Is ice cream a solid or a liquid?

It's a non-uniform mixture, so neither.


It would probably be a colloid since it's made mostly of milk. Could also be a suspension.Is ice cream a solid or a liquid?
depends on the temperature.


When melted, it's basically chocolate milk, which is a suspension of milk fats in water.





These particles in the water will tend to lower the freezing point of the water.





ice cream I've made had no gelatin added, so it was only cream, sugar and flavoring.





As the temperature drops, the water will eventually freeze. At that point the whole mixture could be considered a solid. A mixed solid, granted, but still a solid.Is ice cream a solid or a liquid?
it is actually a colloidal solution of solid dispersed


in a liquid medium and is made thick by adding gelatin.so it is liquid.
Frozen liquid.
It displays properties of both.





There are many everyday items like this - gelatin, peanut butter, ketchup, etc.....

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