Anomalous Effects in Air While Cooling Water

TL;DR

This study investigates anomalous thermal oscillations in air caused by cooling water and other compounds, revealing sinusoidal temperature fluctuations during freezing in a controlled experiment.

Contribution

The paper presents experimental evidence of thermal oscillations in air adjacent to cooled water, highlighting previously unreported anomalous effects during freezing.

Findings

Thermal oscillations of up to 3°C were observed in air.

Oscillation frequency was approximately 5 cycles per minute.

Oscillations occurred during the cooling and freezing process.

Abstract

Water is a unique compound with many anomalies and properties not fully understood. Designing an experiment in the laboratory to study such anomalies, we set up a series of experiments where a tube was placed inside a sealed container with thermocouples attached to the outer surface of the tube and in the air adjacent to the tube. Alternately, deionized water and other compounds were added to the tube and cooled to freezing. Several of the thermocouples suspended in the air and adjacent to the tube showed thermal oscillations as the overall temperature of the container was decreasing. The temperature of the thermocouples increased and decreased in a sinusoidal way during part of the cool down to freezing. Thermal oscillations as large as 3 degrees Celsius were recorded with typical frequencies of about 5 oscillations per minute.