freezing mixture

British  

noun

1. a mixture of two substances, usually salt and ice, to give a temperature below 0°C

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Example Sentences

Union takes place at once, and the strongly fuming sulphur trioxide escapes from the jet at the end of the tube, and may be condensed by surrounding the receiving tube with a freezing mixture.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

It was retained in a freezing mixture during the experiment.

From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael

Thus, the chemical actions which result when ice and salt are mixed cause a withdrawal of heat, and a "freezing mixture" is formed.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various

The engineer mixed the nitric acid with the glycerine, which latter had been previously concentrated by evaporation in a water-bath, and without employing any freezing mixture, obtained many pints of an oily yellow liquid.

From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.

But if you go to Canada, or to the North, you will find the temperature there out of doors will do the same thing as has been done here by the freezing mixture.

From The Chemical History of a Candle by Crookes, William, Sir