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JumpCrisscross
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The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many...
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contains bits of ice which help make it extra slippery
Wait, why would bits of ice make it extra slippery if it's the water that makes ice slippery?
coryrc
on Jan 13, 2023
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I assume like walking on marbles or ball bearings.
lukas099
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Maybe the ice molecules move through the water with less resistance, since the ice molecules are already 'tied up' in a lattice structure and therefore do not form as strong of hydrogen bonds with the neighboring water molecules.
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Wait, why would bits of ice make it extra slippery if it's the water that makes ice slippery?