Lifting Ice Cube Experiment
The Lifting Ice Cube experiment demonstrates the melting and freezing properties of water, which results to another property of matter called adherence. Adherence refers to close physical attachment or union of two objects. To further understand this phenomenon, let us do an experiment!
Materials
In this experiment, you will need the following materials:
• Glass of water
• Ice cubes
• String
• Salt
Procedure
Drop an ice cube in the glass of water. Take the string and dangle the end of it on the ice cube, and then keep it still. While the string is dangled down onto the ice cube, sprinkle a bit of salt on the ice cube. Set aside for a few minutes. After some time, try to lift the string and observe what happens to the ice cube.
This causes the ice cube to stick to the ends of the thread enabling you to pick it up just by lifting the string!