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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freezing mixture

Allow three parts of the ice to one part of salt for the freezing mixture and four parts of ice to one part salt for the packing mixture.

From Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions by Wilson, Mary A.

As suggested in the Kodak circular, for tropical development a large-size tank can be used for holding the freezing mixture of hypo.

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore

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

The stirring is continued for three to four hours longer, while the flask still remains immersed in the original freezing mixture to which no further amount of ice is added.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant

Removing the lamp and piling a freezing mixture round the flask, the liquid column falls, thus showing the contraction of the water by the cold.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John