Is My Ink Affected In Flight?

[FoszFay]

I was just browsing Noodler's 'Polar' range and a though popped in my mind:

 

I buy most my ink from overseas, therefore it gets to me via aircraft. It gets quite cold in planes, cold enough to freeze things. Would my ink (Iroshizuku) have been frozen during the flight, and if so, would this have affected the properties and such of it?

 

Tom.

[Notgatherox]

I don't think the plane would be cold enough to freeze stuff, I do order inks from the States too and never had a problem of freezing inks.

 

Not to mention ink manufacturers do take precaution by adding chemicals to stop freezing. Like Waterman and Parker, they have ethylene glycol (antifreeze) in it.

 

In the rare case that the ink is frozen, it would be unlikely to cause any damage once it goes back to the liquid state.

 

 

~Epic

[FoszFay]

I don't think the plane would be cold enough to freeze stuff, I do order inks from the States too and never had a problem of freezing inks.

 

Not to mention ink manufacturers do take precaution by adding chemicals to stop freezing. Like Waterman and Parker, they have ethylene glycol (antifreeze) in it.

 

In the rare case that the ink is frozen, it would be unlikely to cause any damage once it goes back to the liquid state.

 

 

~Epic

At 35,000 feet, temperatures are around -50C (-58F).

 

What does antifreeze hold up to?

 

Tom.

[NedC]

It doesn't get THAT cold inside the cabin or the plane's hold during a normal flight. A bigger problem would be truck transport in the Northern US and Canada when trucks can get stuck for days in bad weather, speaking from personal experience;)

[Koyote]

If it froze, you would know it -- the bottle would break.

 

And anyway, you noted that you have already bought bottles from overseas. If they write properly (and I am guessing they do), why worry?

Edited September 28, 2014 by Koyote

[Runnin_Ute]

I bought a number of inks last winter which in some areas of the US were among the coldest in recent memory. I live in a northern tier state (Utah) and have had no problems with freezing inks. LIke others have said, if there were a problem the bottle would likely break.