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06-11-2008

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Re: Calibrating Your Thermometer

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Originally Posted by AKSkim

ColdDog:

There is actually TWO different types of slush.

Fresh water slush that has a specific gravity of 1.0

Salt water slush that has a specific gravity of 1.03

The salt water (-4c) will freeze much lower temperature than than fresh (0c).

Now that explains a lot. Road slush with rock salt mixed in is colder than ice. So, that's the reason I put rock salt in my home made ice cream maker.

It just took time getting used to salty ice cream.

Cdog

Tags: stream temperatures , thermometer

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