refreezing
Making ice twice
Refreezing is the process of freezing something again after it has thawed.
Food safety guidelines often warn against refreezing meat or fish: Don't refreeze chicken that's been sitting out.
In organizational psychology, refreezing is the final stage of change management—stabilizing new behaviors after a transition: The company struggled with refreezing after the merger.
Perpetually frozen earth layer
- glaciersSlow-moving ice masses
- ice sheetsMassive land-covering glaciers
- polar capsFrozen zones at poles
- thawingFrozen matter liquefying
feedback loops · sea levels · melting · cryosphere · arctic · climate models · temperature rise · ocean circulation
Remove ice accumulation
- thawReturn to liquid
- food safetyIllness prevention through handling
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- spoilageFood degradation process
shelf life · temperature control · ice crystals · leftovers · storage · vacuum seal · packaging · reheat
Forming ordered solid structure
- hardeningBecoming less soft
- ice formationFrozen water structure
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
- supercoolingLiquid chilled below freezing
phase change · solidification · crystal structure · coagulation · setting · frost formation
Low-temperature biological preservation
- cold storageRefrigerated preservation space
- cryoprotectantSubstance preventing ice damage
- cryogenicsUltralow temperature science
- sperm bankingFreezing cells for future fertility
permafrost
Perpetually frozen earth layer
- glaciersSlow-moving ice masses
- ice sheetsMassive land-covering glaciers
- polar capsFrozen zones at poles
thawing · feedback loops · sea levels · melting · cryosphere · arctic · climate models · temperature rise · ocean circulation · tundra
defrost
Remove ice accumulation
- thawReturn to liquid
- food safetyIllness prevention through handling
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
spoilage · shelf life · temperature control · ice crystals · leftovers · storage · vacuum seal · packaging · reheat · microwave
crystallization
Forming ordered solid structure
- hardeningBecoming less soft
- ice formationFrozen water structure
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
supercooling · phase change · solidification · crystal structure · coagulation · setting · frost formation
cryopreservation
Low-temperature biological preservation
- cold storageRefrigerated preservation space
- cryoprotectantSubstance preventing ice damage
- cryogenicsUltralow temperature science
- Freezingsubzero, sub-zero, cryofreezing, ice crystals, thawing
- food spoilagerot, mold growth, spoilage, rancidity, staleness
- ice sculptingice sculpture, ice block, chisel, ice pick, clear ice
- glacier meltmelting, meltwater, ice melt, glacial retreat, glacier retreat