When ice melts, it goes from a solid straight to a liquid. Why isn’t there some sort of pasty intermediary state? If the states of matter are about the proximity of a body’s particles, then it’d make sense for the ice to get softer and softer until it turns to water, right?
In: Chemistry
While everyone else gave good answers, I’ll also say ice does get softer as it heats up. If you get ice really cold it starts to have properties more similar to granite than the fairly squishy ice we’re used to during our day to day lives.
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