Refrigerating liquid
A refrigerating liquid is a eutectic solution consisting of water and mineral salts. The quality and concentration of these mineral salts can vary in order to modify the water’s freezing point.
Water solidifies when it freeze at or below 0°C. A eutectic solution with a freezing point at -21°C solidies at or below -21°C.
Freezing point and released temperature are closely related : a eutectic device at -21°C releases a negative cold at -18°C while frozen pure water releases cold at +2°C.
The refrigerating liquid is contained in eutectic plates, more commonly called ‘ice packs’.