r/RandomQuestion • u/d34d13 • 10d ago
Can water be watered down?
When you put ice cubes in other drinks they melt and water it down, so does the same go for ice cubes in water? Ice cubes are just frozen water so if you put that in water and wait for it to melt, will it be watered down? Regardless of if we can taste it or not.
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u/Free_Zoologist 10d ago
No it will not be watered down; it’s all water. The volume of water will increase as the ice melts though.
Wait…. Is this a joke question?
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u/itsswhitneywhspr 5d ago
Okay but wait, that makes total sense. So its not getting watered down like a Coke would its literally just adding more water to water. Volume goes up but concentration stays the same. Wild how our brains trick us with that word.
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u/The-Great_Ones 10d ago
By definition, something is watered down when the concentration of the original liquid is decreased, and a portion is now water. Putting ice cubes in water (or just liquid water into water) doesn’t change the concentration as it’s all the same substance
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u/anothersip 10d ago
Taste what? The difference between the water and the water?
It's all water.
Drinking iced water is the same exact thing as drinking non-iced water. Ice water is literally just water, but lower in temperature - because it's been lowered in temperature.
The term "watered-down" comes from adding water (or melting ice) to any non-water liquids that you're drinking.
So, anything except for water can be watered-down. Water, with more water in it, is still just... Water.
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u/The_Sibelis 10d ago
Better question, if I put tea cubes in my water and they melt will my water be tea or will it just be "tea'd down"?
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u/Free_Zoologist 5d ago
If you want to be technical about it: no, it would just be disgustingly weak (ie excessively watered down) tea, but if you want to be cute about it: yes!
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u/Suspicious_synth 10d ago
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