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 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 John Munro

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

Into the freezing mixture of ice and salt poor Jumpo plunged his paw, and in an instant it was frozen fast there, and he couldn't get it out, as the late afternoon was cold.

From Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys by Howard R. Garis

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 Theodore Roosevelt

The solution should be allowed to cool gradually, and should finally be chilled in a freezing mixture.

From Organic Syntheses by James Bryant Conant

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