Why ice is <span title="white?.........................?">white?......................</span>

Question

Why ice is white?......................

Answer 1

its not white its transparent.

Answer 2

its not white lol

Answer 3

It is whit if it is foggy. otherwise it is clear

Answer 4

Pure ice is clear.  If it is white it is because it has microscopic air bubbles in it.

Answer 5

Ice is not white.  It is clear. Take a close look at your ice cubes, you can see right through them.  Of course, ice is not optical quality, so there are things like air bubbles trapped inside, but the rest of it is clear.

Sometimes I like to tint my ice cubes with food coloring so I don&#039;t get bored.  I might make one tray that is red, another one that is blue or green... much betterer than plain old clear ice cubes.

Answer 6

impurities... ice should be clear, but air and other impurities makes it white.

Look at ice sculptures for an example.  The water is treated and vibrated while it is frozen to remove bubbles from it.  That is why the  ice sculpture at weddings and other events is crystal clear.

Answer 7

its clear.  

Answer 8

i always thought it was clear but wutever lol

Answer 9

its clear.

because water is clear, and it&#039;s a solid form of water.

Answer 10

Its trapped air that causes the whiteness.

Answer 11

Air bubbles and cracks in the ice make it appear translucent.  

Answer 12

water is clear and ice is the product of water being frozen.

Answer 13

its not exactly white...lol

its frozen water &amp; it can get really frozen in the middle to where

It turns a whiteish color i guess??Im not fer sure..

Answer 14

its acually clear, see through

Answer 15

ice is clear

Answer 16

why? because water is clear and so when you freeze it it will be clear ice like water because it is water ice. but it is just colder that makes it look white.

Answer 17

it is clear....what you are seeing are the frost crystals forming ...usally at the surface.......

Answer 18

It is clear actually. (;

Answer 19

the air, dummy

Answer 20

SNOW IS WHITE...and WATER IS TRANSPARENT ...BUT

SOMETIMES ICE CAN BE   ....BOTH !!!

  

The reason ice turns white;

Water near the surface freezes first and tiny air bubbles move toward the center of the ice to form a cloudy part...The tiny bubbles give off a white color.

The appearance of cloudy ice normally depends on water properties and the method of making the ice.

Generally, water is transparent; because it doesn&#039;t absorb or reflect visible light.

Answer 21

ice is not white water is clear and then at low temp turns to ice. now water is composed as H20. 1 hydrogen atom and 2 oxygen atoms. oxygen is a gas form. remember u cant see it but u can feel it the white u see is the oxygen in the hydro.thats why dry ice tends to b white due to the cabon dioxide gas and oxygen in it. duh? i think  

Answer 22

As water freezes crystals of pure water grow driving any impurities (gas or minerals, etc.) ahead of the crystals.  The impurities (if any) can become trapped between different crystals causing the ice to be unclear or even white.  The speed at which the ice crystals grow depends upon how low (below freezing) the temperature is.  Rapid freezing will produce more and shorter crystals with well distributed trapped impurities.

Answer 23

it isn&#039;t.. water is clear unless it has other elements in it.  pure H20 i mean.

Answer 24

It&#039;s not. Ice is clear like water.  

Answer 25

its actually clear but do to miniature cracks and air spaces in it it appears to be white

Answer 26

because you&#039;re blind?