• Question: why is ice slippery

    Asked by travinator to Jono on 24 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Jono Bone

      Jono Bone answered on 24 Jun 2013:

      Hi Travinator,
      It’s the thin layer of liquid water on top of solid ice causes the slipperiness. A fluid’s mobility makes it difficult to walk on, even if the layer is thin. But we still don’t know why ice—unlike most other solids—has such a layer.
      Jono

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