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  2. Auto-defrost - Wikipedia

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    While this technique was originally applied to the refrigerator compartment, it was later used for freezer compartment as well. A combined refrigerator/freezer which applies self-defrosting to the refrigerator compartment only is usually called "partial frost free" or semi-automatic defrost (some brands call these "Auto Defrost" while Frigidaire referred to their semi-automatic models as ...

  3. Antifreeze - Wikipedia

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    Antifreeze proteins bind to small ice crystals to inhibit growth and recrystallization of ice that would otherwise be fatal. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Cryoprotectants are commonly used in cryobiology to prevent or inhibit freezing in sperm, blood, stem cells, plant seeds, etc. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and glycerol (all used in ...

  4. Refrigerator - Wikipedia

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    A freezer is a specialized refrigerator, or portion of a refrigerator, that maintains its contents’ temperature below the freezing point of water. [4] The refrigerator replaced the icebox , which had been a common household appliance for almost a century and a half.

  5. Freezing-point depression - Wikipedia

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    Workers spreading salt from a salt truck for deicing the road Freezing point depression is responsible for keeping ice cream soft below 0°C. [1]Freezing-point depression is a drop in the maximum temperature at which a substance freezes, caused when a smaller amount of another, non-volatile substance is added.

  6. Icyball - Wikipedia

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    A Crosley IcyBall with cold side ball on left, hot side ball on right. Icyball is a name given to two early refrigerators, one made by Australian Sir Edward Hallstrom in 1923, and the other design patented by David Forbes Keith of Toronto (filed 1927, granted 1929), [1] [2] and manufactured by American Powel Crosley Jr., who bought the rights to the device.

  7. Amana Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The Amana Corporation is an American brand of household appliances. It was founded in 1934 by George Foerstner as the Electrical Equipment Co. in Middle Amana, Iowa, to manufacture commercial walk-in coolers. The business was later owned by the Amana Society and became known as Amana Refrigeration, Inc. [2] It is now owned by the Whirlpool ...

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  9. Flash freezing - Wikipedia

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    In practice, a mechanical freezing process is usually used instead due to cost. There has been continuous optimization of the freezing rate in mechanical freezing to minimize ice crystal size. [2] Flash freezing techniques are also used to freeze biological samples quickly so that large ice crystals cannot form and damage the sample. [5]