water ice
ice formed by direct freezing of fresh or salt water, and not by compacting of snow.
a frozen dessert, similar to sherbet, made of water, sweetener, and fruit syrup or other flavorings.
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Whether or not water ice is stable on the Moon is determined entirely by sunlight exposure.
Mapping the ice on Mars that could support future missions | John Timmer | February 9, 2021 | Ars TechnicaSpacecraft had seen evidence of water ice in permanently shadowed craters.
There’s water on sunny parts of the moon, scientists confirm | Maria Temming | November 24, 2020 | Science News For StudentsIn lab experiments, water ice samples bombarded with electrons all gave off photons, or light particles, of many different wavelengths.
NASA suggests there’s as much as 600 million metric tons of water ice there, which could someday help lunar colonists survive.
Water on the moon should be more accessible than we thought | Neel Patel | October 26, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThere they could check the soil for resources like water ice or explore other similar areas.
Wiggly wheels might help rovers plow through loose lunar soils | Maria Temming | June 26, 2020 | Science News For Students
Nevertheless it would surprise those acquainted only with fresh water ice to find how tough, sticky and intractable is sea-ice.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe prisms are of fresh water ice, for in freezing the brine is rejected and forced to occupy the interstices of the prisms.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonWater of good drinking quality can be obtained by allowing sea water ice to thaw partially.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe brine, of lower freezing-point, flows away, leaving only fresh water ice behind.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonIt was while crossing an arm of the sea, a ten-mile run on salt-water ice, that the accident occurred.
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. Parkman
British Dictionary definitions for water ice
an ice cream made from a frozen sugar syrup flavoured with fruit juice or purée; sorbet
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