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Mystery #3Tier 2food / molecules / cooling

Why does warm liquid jelly turn into a firm wobble in the fridge?

You stir jelly crystals into hot water and get a warm, runny liquid you could almost pour like a drink. Leave it in the fridge for a few hours and it turns into a firm, bouncy wobble you can cut with a spoon. Nothing was added in the fridge, and not a drop of water left. So how did a runny liquid turn solid just by getting cold?

A small orange jelly turned out of its mould onto a white plate, holding its ridged shape
Photo: Ineffablebookkeeper · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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