Falls es jemanden interessiert hab ich wenigstens eine Untersuchung gefunden die das Ganze etwas ausführlicher beschreibt und Kurven zeigt.
http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1003/1003.3185.pdf
Und das Abstract dazu:
An explanation for why hot water will sometime freeze more rapidly than cold water is offered. Two specimens of water from the same source will often have different spontaneous freezing temperatures; that is, the temperature at which freezing begins. When both specimens supercool and the spontaneous freezing temperature of the hot water is higher than that of the cold water, then the hot water will usually freeze first, if all other conditions are equal and remain so during cooling. The probability that the hot water will freeze first if it has the higher spontaneous freezing temperature will be larger for a larger difference in spontaneous freezing temperature. Heating the water may lower, raise or not change the spontaneous freezing temperature. The keys to observing hot water freezing before cold water are supercooling the water and having a significant difference in the spontaneous freezing temperature of the two water specimens. We observed hot water freezing before cold water 28 times in 28 attempts under the conditions described here.
@Ernst und Chief
Und da friert nix bei 4 °C - also lasst diese unsinnigen Erklärungsversuche dafür endlich.
Das Thermometer bei dieser gezeigten Kurve ist einfach nicht richtig geeicht - das Plateau ist bei 0 ° C !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
