From: Yeebok on
Iain Chalmers wrote:
> In article <AHUAh.1426$4c6.428(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Peter Cremasco" <FirstName.LastName(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
>> news:jk38t29gcr43dcheiaq60ver5gb1ad73am(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:18:38 GMT, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> It also expands when cooled below zero!
>>>> [cue Twilight-Zone music]
>>> Below 4 degrees C, I think.
>>> ---
>> You're right; but I think it's negative 4.
>
> Nope, plus 4, thats why ice floats...
>
> big
>
Not because it's lighter or less dense ?

Cool !
From: Goaty on
Yeebok wrote:
> Iain Chalmers wrote:
>
>> In article <AHUAh.1426$4c6.428(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>> "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "Peter Cremasco" <FirstName.LastName(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
>>> news:jk38t29gcr43dcheiaq60ver5gb1ad73am(a)4ax.com...
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:18:38 GMT, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It also expands when cooled below zero!
>>>>> [cue Twilight-Zone music]
>>>>
>>>> Below 4 degrees C, I think.
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> You're right; but I think it's negative 4.
>>
>>
>> Nope, plus 4, thats why ice floats...
>>
>> big
>>
> Not because it's lighter or less dense ?
>
> Cool !

Yes, precisely that! 4C is when water is at maximum density, hence it
expands when below or above 4C. Does that make it any more clear for you?

Cheers
Goaty
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From: Hammo on



On 15/2/07 7:41 PM, in article
bigiain-976EC2.19410915022007(a)nasal.pacific.net.au, "Iain Chalmers"
<bigiain(a)mightymedia.com.au> wrote:

> In article <AHUAh.1426$4c6.428(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Peter Cremasco" <FirstName.LastName(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
>> news:jk38t29gcr43dcheiaq60ver5gb1ad73am(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:18:38 GMT, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> It also expands when cooled below zero!
>>>> [cue Twilight-Zone music]
>>>
>>> Below 4 degrees C, I think.
>>> ---
>> You're right; but I think it's negative 4.
>
> Nope, plus 4, thats why ice floats...

Eh? Flotation is based on temperature?

That makes no sense.

Hammo

From: Hammo on



On 15/2/07 11:08 AM, in article slrnet793n.3l6.sharkey(a)anchovy.zoic.org,
"sharkey" <sharkey(a)zoic.org> wrote:

> Hammo <hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au> wrote:
>> <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah; that's what I said.
>>
>> ...and I agree with what you said.
>
> So you're saying he must be wrong because he agrees with you, then?
>
No, he was correct.

Hammo

From: Goaty on
Hammo wrote:

>
>
> On 15/2/07 7:41 PM, in article
> bigiain-976EC2.19410915022007(a)nasal.pacific.net.au, "Iain Chalmers"
> <bigiain(a)mightymedia.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>>In article <AHUAh.1426$4c6.428(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>> "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Peter Cremasco" <FirstName.LastName(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
>>>news:jk38t29gcr43dcheiaq60ver5gb1ad73am(a)4ax.com...
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:18:38 GMT, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>>It also expands when cooled below zero!
>>>>>[cue Twilight-Zone music]
>>>>
>>>>Below 4 degrees C, I think.
>>>>---
>>>
>>>You're right; but I think it's negative 4.
>>
>>Nope, plus 4, thats why ice floats...
>
>
> Eh? Flotation is based on temperature?

No, density ... thus proving you'd sink! :)

Cheers
Goaty
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