Answer 1:
That's a very good question! Soy sauce does
not freeze due to its high salt content. When a
liquid has many particles dissolved in it, such as
the sodium and chloride ions in table salt, the
temperature at which the liquid can freeze
decreases. To be specific, this can happen when
just about anything is dissolved into a pure
liquid -- it does not need to be salt. This is a
phenomenon called "freezing-point depression." On
the molecular level, what is happening is that the
ions/particles are getting in the way of water
forming into ice crystals. As the temperature
decreases, the water molecules slow down and come
together to form ice crystals, but the particles
dissolved in the water make this more difficult
for the water molecules to do. This is also why
salt can be used to dissolve ice when roads get
icy and why ocean water freezes at a lower
temperature (about -1.91 degrees Celsius). So, in
summary, the soy sauce will not freeze in a normal
freezer (which ranges from -13 to -18 degrees
Celsius), but will probably freeze at a lower
temperature than this. Hope that helps answer
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Answer 2:
That's an interesting question. Soy sauce is
made by fermenting soybeans. Fermentation creates
alcohols like ethanol, which can lower the
freezing point. Also soy sauce is very salty. Salt
also lowers the freezing point.Eventually soy
sauce would freeze if you could lower the
temperature enough,but your standard freezer
probably couldn't go that low. Hope that helps! Click Here to return to the search form.
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