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From: Catman on 10 Feb 2010 12:11 Switters wrote: > On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:21:45 GMT, Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > >> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Catman >> <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> typed >>> There is, if memory serves, a re-arrangement of liquid molecules in >>> the water that occurs at adn below 4C which accounts for the density >>> of ice being less than that of liquid H2O (generally)? >> <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527466.200-the-strangest-liqui >> d- why-water-is-so-weird.html> > > Crickey, they're a bit behind the times. I learnt that at school. I thought that too, but ITYF it's a bit more complex than what we (or at least I) was taught. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Catman on 10 Feb 2010 12:13 doetnietcomputeren wrote: > On 2010-02-10 17:29:20 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel > <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> said: > >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> There is, if memory serves, a re-arrangement of liquid molecules >>>>>>> in the water that occurs at adn below 4C which accounts for the >>>>>>> density of ice being less than that of liquid H2O (generally)? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527466.200-the-strangest-liq >>>>>> >>>>>> why-water-is-so-weird.html> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ooh, ta. >>>> De nada. By a curious coincidence I was reading that on the shitter >>>> this very morning. >>>> >>> >>> Dare I ask your device of choice for such moments? >> >> A magazine. >> >> Call me old-fashioned. > > You need next years big release from Apple, the iPooed. > I was given a T-shirt with effectively that[1] on it. Not really desperately funny, I felt. [1] http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/chillout-room/18313d1247618755-funny-geeky-cool-pics-ipood-764090.jpg -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: doetnietcomputeren on 10 Feb 2010 12:24 On 2010-02-10 18:13:12 +0100, Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> said: >>>>> De nada. By a curious coincidence I was reading that on the shitter >>>>> this very morning. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Dare I ask your device of choice for such moments? >>> >>> A magazine. >>> >>> Call me old-fashioned. >> >> You need next years big release from Apple, the iPooed. >> > > I was given a T-shirt with effectively that[1] on it. Not really > desperately funny, I felt. > > [1] > http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/chillout-room/18313d1247618755-funny-geeky-cool-pics-ipood-764090.jpg Oh > dear. -- Dnc
From: platypus on 10 Feb 2010 16:15 "Catman" <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote in message news:hkupf9$p10$5(a)news.eternal-september.org... > doetnietcomputeren wrote: >> On 2010-02-10 17:29:20 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel >> <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> said: >> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There is, if memory serves, a re-arrangement of liquid molecules in >>>>>>>> the water that occurs at adn below 4C which accounts for the >>>>>>>> density of ice being less than that of liquid H2O (generally)? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527466.200-the-strangest-liq >>>>>>> >>>>>>> why-water-is-so-weird.html> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Ooh, ta. >>>>> De nada. By a curious coincidence I was reading that on the shitter >>>>> this very morning. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Dare I ask your device of choice for such moments? >>> >>> A magazine. >>> >>> Call me old-fashioned. >> >> You need next years big release from Apple, the iPooed. >> > > I was given a T-shirt with effectively that[1] on it. Not really > desperately funny, I felt. > > [1] > http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/chillout-room/18313d1247618755-funny-geeky-cool-pics-ipood-764090.jpg http://img2.picload.org/image/orrod/icame.jpg
From: Kevin Gleeson on 10 Feb 2010 19:34
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:46:02 GMT, ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk (M J Carley) wrote: >In the referenced article, Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> writes: > >>Nope there is a point where it has to drop energy to go through the >>phase change to ice. I don't have links and can't be arsed looking, >>but seawater will only go to 4C. Th energy to do the phase change is >>worth those other 3C. Google it. I'm sure it is out there somewhere. > >Naaah. > > Sea ice begins forming in the northern Bering Sea as late as > November, as the ocean reaches a temperature of -1.7�C, the freezing > point for saltwater in this area, ... > >http://www.beringclimate.noaa.gov/essays_mcnutt.html > >As it happens, you can get pure water down to about -40C before it >freezes, if you're careful. Fairy nuff. As I said I was just going on my dive training memory from the 80s when we were told 4C was a cold as you could get. It's stuck in my head since. |