Background: Under atmospheric pressure, the identifiable phases of ice crystals are hexagonal (stable) and cubic (metastable).
Objective: This study aimed to test the hypothesis that water crystallizes into the cubic phase at the beginning and then changes to the hexagonal phase.
Materials And Methods: Aqueous solutions of 40% (w/w) and 50% (w/w) glucose, and 40% (w/w) ammonium hydrogen sulfate, as well as emulsified water, were investigated.