Why can’t ice cubes from a freezer freeze water?

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If a glass of water is mostly ice with some water, how come the water doesn’t freeze? Is it something to do with the conduction heat transfer between the air and the glass of water? Im assuming that the water would freeze in a vacuum.

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Water boils in a vacuum.

Ice cubes don’t freeze water because the water is getting colder by the ice cubes warming up. Heat is transferred between them until an even temperature is reached. The ice would have to be exceptionally cold, and stay cold for a long time, to freeze water.

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