Get this /sci/
My stupid ass teacher told us that if you have one cup of liquid water in room temperature and another one of frozen water in a cold environment, and you take them both and put them in a room with exactly 0 temperature, then the first will freeze whereas the latter will melt.
Surely that is bullshit and a result of her going by the logic of "0 temperature is when water changes states" without thinking of the actual reasons behind any material changing states - which is the energy they either receive or lose via the environment.
Surely an environment with equally spread energy cannot both freeze some molecules while melting others of the same material? It's either one or the other.
They'll both end in a state of semi-frozen liquid, continually melting and freezing at the same time.
>>9094003
NO
0 temperature, could mean absolute zero. That means both would freeze.
>>9094039
>Interpreting a perfectly clear sentence literally on purpose for the sole sake of being argumentative.
>>9094003
> Surely an environment with equally spread energy cannot both freeze some molecules while melting others of the same material? It's either one or the other.
Any closed system will tend towards entropy
So if you isolate any materials for long enough time, they will eventually homogenize
>>9094003
Both will approach thermal equilibrium, first will partially freeze, second will partially melt.
Listen to what you yourself said.
Water was in hot room -> Placed in a 0C room -> Starts losing energy / 'freezing'
Water was in cold room -> Placed in a 0C room -> Starts gaining energy / 'melting'
Both will end up like a semi frozen slushy.
Nothing will happen. There will be no energy transfer if the cups and room are exactly 0C, so they won't change states.
Here's what happens when you heat up ice
>ice is cold
>ice warms up
>ice eventually hits 0C
>some of the ice turns to water, still at 0C
>more of the ice turns to water
>eventually all the ice is water
>the temperature now increases beyond 0C