Supercooling

Supercooling,^[1] also known as undercooling,^[2][3] is the process of lowering the temperature of a liquid below its freezing point without it becoming a solid. As per the established international definition, supercooling means ‘cooling a substance below the normal freezing point without solidification’ ^[4][5] While it can be achieved by different physical means, the postponed solidification is most often due to the absence of seed crystals or nucli around which a crystal structure can form. The supercooling of water can be achieved without any special techniques other than chemical demineralization, down to −48.3 °C (−54.9 °F). Supercooled water can occur naturally, for example in the atmosphere, animals or plants.