Two Methods of making Hot ice

There are two ways in which hot ice can be created. The two methods in which sodium acetate can be made are either by using the Store bought Sodium Acetate Trihydrate method or by following the Homemade Sodium Acetate Trihydrate method provided below. 

Method 1: Store bought Sodium Acetate Trihydrate

Step 1- You will need to obtain sodium acetate Trihydrate.

This material will not be easy to acquire even though it is a nontoxic and inexpensive ingredient. 

The best way to get the material is to purchase it online.  

Step 2- Scoop the sodium acetate and place it in a pan. It will be in powder form in most cases but at times it will be gel-like as it has just been removed from the pan.

An approximate of a cup of powder would be good and leave some of the powder out of the pan  in order that it can be used as a seed crystal later. 

Step 3-  Add enough water onto the pan so that the sodium acetate will dissolve.

Do not add too much water onto the pan as you will need to supersaturate the sodium acetate water solution.

So the less amount of water added will result to a more dense solution and better crystal formation. 

Step 4- Now you will need to dissolve the sodium acetate thirhydrate crystals (as much as possible) in hot (almost boiling) water.

Stir the mixture constantly resulting the powder to dissolve into a liquid. 

There should be a bit of the powder left in the end. This is the undissolved powder left at the bottom of the pan.

It is essential and a must that the solution be stirred at this point and you will need to add the powder solution as much as possible.

Step 5- After that you will need to pour out the solution into a glass beaker (of your choice). 

It is required that the undissolved powder does not enter the glass beaker and that it remains at the bottom of the pan.