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Why does alcohol dissolve ice faster than water?
gpt
In any ice / liquid bath, the ice will stop melting when the whole system reaches the melting point of the system. That is to say that when you mix water and ice together, ice will melt until the water reaches zero degrees Celsius, at which point the rate at which water freezes is equal to the rate at which ice melts - there is no net change in phase. The only reason we observe ice melting continuous is due to incoming heat from the environment.

Alcohol has a lower melting point than water. This means that more ice must melt before equilibrium is reached.