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WestMichRad

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Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #16)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 04:33 PM

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Under certain conditions. Depending on how the freezing endpoint is defined. Depending on the container, dissolved gases and potentially other factors.

Unfortunately, the “hot water freezes faster” is taken as a generality, and that just isn’t true.

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