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Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?

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hot water freezes faster
User Eduardo Yupanqui
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Hot water seems to freeze faster than cold water, known as the Mpemba effect. The effect was named after the Tanzanian student who in 1963 noticed that hot ice cream mix freezes faster than a cold one. hope this helped
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