can sound frequency break ice

[nick2price]

I know it is possible to break glass with high frequency sound, but is it possible to achieve the same with ice?

Is it to do with finding out the resonant frequency of ice?

Any help would be appreciated.

[gre]

You can make a resonant cavity out of ice just as you can a wine glass. Ultrasonic vibrations can probably break or melt ice as well.

[jake.com]

I know it is possible to break glass with high frequency sound, but is it possible to achieve the same with ice?

Is it to do with finding out the resonant frequency of ice?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Not a cube of ice, most likely. Shock waves (produced by sound) can, but a block of ice doesn't have a cavity that can be filled and ruptured with just the resonance frequency. A block of ice is much more structurably stable than a wine glass, which is what you're talking about, right?

[tomgwyther]

Let's do it!

 

Give me some criteria and I'll try it out.

I'm thinking a thin slab of ice made from pre-boiled water (similar to a chime bar in a glockenspiel) suspended from it's zero-harmonic point and then subjected to its own standing-frequency.