A short story about ice

[wmick]

Clicked on all three refractometer pages from above site and got "Not Found" Maybe my computer's too old.

Just scroll down... All the info is there, on the same page... Just the jumpy link thing isn't working...

[BoerBoel]

Clicked on all three refractometer pages from above site and got "Not Found" Maybe my computer's too old.

Try scrolling down instead of clicking on the links.

[Gord]

Got it. Thanks folks.

[merryall]

So, just to be clear - even if the buckets are 90% frozen it's ok to chuck all the ice and the sugar will be concentrated in just the 10% liquid? I should have known this. Probably should have payed more attention in science class.

[bryankloos]

How about Ice in barrels of RO concentrate (6-7% Sugar)? Is this ice all water as well, and worth of the side toss?

[Shaun]

So, just to be clear - even if the buckets are 90% frozen it's ok to chuck all the ice and the sugar will be concentrated in just the 10% liquid? I should have known this. Probably should have payed more attention in science class.

Nope, there is sugar in that ice. We used to pile it on the flue pan to melt it and make syrup.

[Big_Eddy]

So, just to be clear - even if the buckets are 90% frozen it's ok to chuck all the ice and the sugar will be concentrated in just the 10% liquid? I should have known this. Probably should have payed more attention in science class.

No. Not true. With a light freeze, the ice is all water. On a heavy freeze, the ice blocks contain sugar. Transition point is somewhere around -8C.

If you save the blocks and let them thaw on their own slowly, the sugar will come out leaving just shell ice behind. Sweetest meltwater first. Water only last. At some point it makes sense to toss the rest of the ice. I taste the melt.

If you want the full scientific explanation, I can share it next week. I have the sugar water phase diagram on my other computer.


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[merryall]

thanks for the info Big eddy. I knew someone on here would have the science behind it all./ much appreciated