Basically the title: If I leave the freezer door slightly open it seems to be “more frozen” than before – big chunks of ice on everything, stuff frozen together. Why is that? The food can go bad in this state but it LOOKS colder (I know this is stupid). In my mind it should just melt and warm up 🤷🏻♀️
In: Physics
The freezer is so cold normally that being open doesn’t raise the temperature enough to get above 0 Celsius. What you’re seeing is all of the water in the air freezing and building up on surfaces. This doesn’t happen as much when it’s totally closed because it can only solidify the water that was already in the freezer cavity, at which point the air is completely dry. But if the door is slightly open, new wet air can get in and lead to more ice.
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