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Originally Posted by LubeMaster77 View Post
As for external temps - your friend should live in a Florida orange grove in the winter. They will spray the fruit with water if there is a frost coming and projected temps get below freezing. Why? becuase ice doensn't get colder than 0C and the fruit will tolerate 0C but not lower - the thinn film of ice will actually insulate the fruit from getting any colder.
Ice can get colder than 0C, but I think you are referring to the latent heat of freezing which delays further cooling temporarily and provides additional buffer to the insulating properties of the ice.
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