Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1989, 54, 2644-2647
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19892644
Depression of freezing temperature of water and water solutions in porous materials
Petr Schneider and Jiří Rathouský
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol
Abstract
In porous materials filled with water or water solutions of inorganic salts, water freezes at lower temperatures than under normal conditions; the reason is the decrease of water vapor tension above the convex meniscus of liquid in pores. The freezing point depression is not very significant in pores with radii from 0.05 μm to 10 μm (about 0.01-2.5 K). Only in smaller pores, especially when filled with inorganic salt solutions, this depression is important.
