Cooling slurry

Cooling slurries are combinations of solute and solvent which are frigorific.

Cooling slurries

Solvent	Initial Temperature (°C)	Solute	Amount (% solvent)	Final Temperature (°C)
water	20	ammonium nitrate	106	-4
	13.6		60	-13.6
	10.7	sodium acetate	85	-4.7
	13.3	ammonium chloride	30	-5.1
	13.2	sodium nitrate	75	-5.3
	10.7	sodium thiosulfate	110	-8
	10.8	potassium iodide	140	-11.7
	13.2	ammonium thiocyanide pentahydrate	133	-18.0
ice	0	sodium carbonate	20	-2
		calcium chloride hexahydrate	41	-9
		potassium chloride	30	-10.9
		ammonium chloride	25	-15.4
		ammonium nitrate	45	-16.8
		sodium chloride	33	-21.3
		sodium bromide	66	-28
		sulfuric acid (66.2%)	23	-25
			40	-30
			91	-37
		magnesium chloride	85	-34
		calcium chloride hexahydrate	81	-21.5
			123	-40.3
			143	-55

See Also

• "Solvent Baths for Heating and Cooling"
  link courtesy University of Nevada, Reno.