Why doesn't vodka freeze?

Question

When I put a bottle of vodka in my freezer, I forgot to take it out for a week and when I went to go take it out it wasn't frozen at all. Why doesn't vodka freeze?

Answer 1

"Due to the high alcohol content of certain brands of vodka, it can be stored in ice or a freezer without any crystallization of water. In countries where alcohol levels are generally low (the USA for example, due to alcohol taxation levels varying directly with alcohol content), individuals sometimes increase the alcohol percentage by a form of freeze distillation. This is done by placing the vodka in an open vessel (bowl, etc) in the freezer, and then after it has reached a temperature below the freezing point of water, adding one or more ice cubes, to which the free water within the vodka will crystallize, leaving a higher alcohol concentration behind."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka



For a more technical explanation, the primary ingredient in vodka is ethanol, which freezes at -114.3°C. Your freezer probably does not get anywhere near that cold...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol

Answer 2

Vodka Doesn T Freeze

Answer 3

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Why doesn't vodka freeze?

When I put a bottle of vodka in my freezer, I forgot to take it out for a week and when I went to go take it out it wasn't frozen at all. Why doesn't vodka freeze?

Answer 4

It does freeze, just not at the temperature your freezer is set to. It's all because of the alcohol content in the liquid which has a much lower freezing point than water. Because of this you need to be mindful of what temperature your storing it in. If you drink it if it's cold enough and still in liquid form it could freeze the inside of your throat, but don't worry i seriously doubt commercial freezers can sustain those kind of temperatures.

Answer 5

Generally speaking the freezing capability of your home freezer is not low enough to freeze the alcohol within your vodka bottle. This should make you happy because if it did freeze you would be unable to consume it until it thawed to a point where the alcohol didn't freeze your brain, but rather decreased your inhibitions.

Answer 6

Vodka or any alcohol for that matter does freeze, but your freezer cannot get cold enough to freeze it. Alcohols have a freezing point in the neighboorhood of -110 degrees Celsius (-230 deg. Fahrenheit) which is much lower that water's 0 deg. Celsius (-32 deg. F). If you had a good standalone freezer (one of the ones that people put in their pantry or garage, you much be able to get it to freeze completely.

Answer 7

Alcohol freezes at a lower temperature than water, and vodka has a high content of alcohol. It won't freeze in a normal kitchen's freezer at that temperature.

Answer 8

vodka doesn't freeze because it's always anxious to jump into a yummy bloody mary or other tasty drink. how disappointed would you have been to find your libation burst all over the freezer? vodka's only goal is to be ready to please the palate. that's what makes vodka happy. and i suppose it's that alcohol content thing too. but mostly vodka just wants to make you happy.

Answer 9

Yoo Are Not Supposed To Freeze Spirits Due to Something In Them, I Had This Discussion The Other Day :S! But We Came To The Conclusion They Burst When Frozen Lol! Tried and Tested

Answer 10

Everything will freeze, this temperature is called O degrees Calvin. This is where all matters stops moving. The vodka is no exception. Just the freeze will not become cold enough for the vodka to freeze. I find it quite convenient get the liquor cold, and no ice chips for the shots.

Answer 11

Vodka has a lower freezing point than most household freezers will go.



It will freeze. Put it outside when the temp drops to -50.

Answer 12

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Yes, absolutely, vodka can freeze. However, I will also tell you that your freezer does not get anywhere near cold enough to freeze the vodka. The winters in the Contiguous United States do not get cold enough to freeze the vodka either. .

Answer 13

All those answers about freezing point Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin are wrong. Vodka, as every Russian knows does not freeze because you would not able to drink it in the Russian winters. So, tovarish chelavieka, it is specially manufactured with enough fermentation of the motherland's bounty, to warm your up in those Moskwa nights.

Answer 14

Vodka doesn't freeze because I drink it too fast!



ethanol (ethyl alcohol) has a low freezing temperature (–114.1°C).

Answer 15

Because vodka is about 40% ethyl alcohol, which has a freezing point of -114C. If we assume the other 60% is water (which freezes at 0C), then the freezing point of vodka is -114C x 0.40 + 0C x 0.60 = -46C. So if your freezer went down to -46C, then the vodka would freeze.

Answer 16

-117 degrees to freeze Vodka. Your electric bill couldn't sustain!

Answer 17

Because of the alcohol content! Alcohol lowers the freezing point of water. In the case of vodka to below the temperature acheivable in a domestic freezer. In the case of your car it is often an alcohol based antifreeze that stops your radiator from bursting in the winter.

Answer 18

Vodka is almost purely alcohol therefor can not freeze at tempuratures that simple home freezes are capable of supplying.

Answer 19

alcohol doesn't freeze, if it does you know it's mixed with something or watered down

Answer 20

Because it is almost all alcohol! Only water freezes at 32 degrees, and not always then. It is more correct to say ice melts at 32.

Answer 21

Alcohol's freezing point is -117degrees....your freezer doesn't reach that temperature...go to the website below for more information.

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec97/874802766.Ph.r.html

Answer 22

Scientifically i cant explain it, but logically i can. Everything/anything can freeze. You just need the temperature to be cold enough. Think about it, alcohol would definitely freeze in deep space. Gases/Liquids/Solids are just phases of mater. I take it your freezer isn't as cold as deep space tho.....

Answer 23

The freezing point of vodka is lower than h2o.

Answer 24

Because the temperature of a freezer is not sufficient to freeze alcohol.

Answer 25

Because it's got more alcohol content than it does water.

It's the best way to drink it, by the way...

Answer 26

The miracle of alcohol. That's why Russians can move in the winter.

Answer 27

Vodka have a very warm taste thats why you have to put it in freezer in the first place. Read the label it says serves chill

Answer 28

it does in fact freeze just at a lower temp. than you freezer.

Answer 29

it can freeze but only at extreme low temperatures....like -114 degree celsius! water freezes at o!

Answer 30

alcohol wont freeze

Answer 31

Because it waits for you to drink it. I love to do that, my Russian friend taught me that trick. I love it when it comes out all mushy and icy!!

Answer 32

alchohol does not freeze!

Answer 33

too much alchohol.

Answer 34

i dont know