Post by phileasfogg on Sept 8, 2024 14:37:44 GMT
In Michael Strogoff (don't worry, no spoilers) there is a part where he states the following:
This is interesting given that the freezing point for alcohol is -114.1 °C (-173.38 °F). I'm hardly a chemist but it seems to me that even though the strongest brandies will not contain more than 50% alcohol, it would still require it to be extraordinarily cold for this to occur. A quick google search for the weather averages of Yakutsk places the average low for the coldest month of the year (January) at -42°C. (-43°F). Therefore, I question if this would have been possible for Michael to have had the brandy in his flask freeze from the temperature, even as cold as Siberia is.
Any thoughts/insights on this would be welcome.
I have seen the brandy in my flask change into hard stone, on which not even my knife could make an impression
This is interesting given that the freezing point for alcohol is -114.1 °C (-173.38 °F). I'm hardly a chemist but it seems to me that even though the strongest brandies will not contain more than 50% alcohol, it would still require it to be extraordinarily cold for this to occur. A quick google search for the weather averages of Yakutsk places the average low for the coldest month of the year (January) at -42°C. (-43°F). Therefore, I question if this would have been possible for Michael to have had the brandy in his flask freeze from the temperature, even as cold as Siberia is.
Any thoughts/insights on this would be welcome.
