Why is sweeping in curling necessary? Isn’t the ice-sheet clean enough?
In: Physics
It is actually more polishing then sweeping. What they are doing is heating the ice through friction in order to melt a thin top layer into water. This water lubricates the ice making it even more slippery then ice alone. Once the stone have passed the water layer will freeze again so you need to do this again for each stone.
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