Slippery Science: The Physics of Ice
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Isn't That What the Zamboni Does?
The brooms that they use now are pretty nylon. They're not abrasive. The job of the sweeper, the people who are sweeping the brooms in front of the curling stone, is actually trying to melt the ice. So do we need to consider these brushes that curl shoes? And didn't we go through a phase where they had something known as the Franken broom? Yes, broomgase. Brungase. I got to have one of those.
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