Freezing Point – Definition and Pronunciation
What is Freezing Point?
Freezing point (melting point) is the temperatures at which the liquid state of a substance is in equilibrium with the solid state, i. e. at a higher temperature the solid will melt and at a lower temperature the liquid will solidify.
Examples of Freezing Point
While the addition of antifreeze may be possible to allow freezing point depression at deep-well pump suctions, such a procedure must not substitute for thorough drying (antifreeze is only used on cargoes down to -48 °C; propanol is used as a deicer down to -108 °C but below this temperature, for cargoes such as LNG, no deicer is effective).
From “Preparation and Execution Cargo Operations LNG and LPG”.
If you plunge a closed container of water at room temperature into a very cold environment (say minus 20 °C (-20 °C)), you will see the temperature steadily fall until it drops just below the freezing point (0 °C).
From “Liquefied Natural Gas Fundamental Knowledge and Understanding”.
Ammonia, brines, glycol, and methanol have all been used to lower the freezing point of water vapor and thus prevent hydrate formation in flow lines.
From “Gas Field Operation Problems and Methods to Deal With Them”.
Pronunciation of Freezing Point
