Why is store brought ice clear but when you make it at home it goes cloudy?

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Title says it all really, the store brought ice is always very different. Why is this?

Edit: I know I’m a moron, bought*

In: Chemistry

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It’s because tap water has other impurities in it that get frozen along with the H2O. In industrial ice making they agitate the water to release any trapped air so as it freezes all the impurities rise to the top where they can be easily removed.

http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2014/12/walking-on-water-physics-of-clear-ice.html

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