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

The whole is then suspended to the under side of the cover of the refrigerating vessel, which may be cooled either by filling it with a freezing mixture, or by the evaporation of ether.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

Thus a more complex experiment was set up to test a wider range of citrate levels using 16 and 24 percent egg yolk in the final freezing mixture.

From Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures by Friedman, M. E.

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

By means of a thermometer the temperature is indicated, and when it shows a very low temperature, the behavior of the oil, subject to this freezing mixture, may be observed and noted.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The water and oil on board was lukewarm; none of us knew how to make a freezing mixture even if we had the materials; our stock of liquid air had long been spent.

From A Trip to Venus by Munro, John