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16-01-2011, 08:18 PM
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Would be a great experiment to do with my kids to show them how amazing our world is! Would have to clear some space in the freezer first though!
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16-01-2011, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Bellfamily  Would be a great experiment to do with my kids to show them how amazing our world is! Would have to clear some space in the freezer first though! | Show them the 'Mentos Trick', it's a lot of fun! Don't waste money on Coca Cola though, buy the cheapest fizzy drink you can get.
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17-01-2011, 12:36 AM
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Water never ceases to amaze me. Three gas atoms get together (a la Ménage à trois) and Lo, a liquid, or a gas or a solid. Less dense as a solid than a liquid, possesses 4 states, is miscible, azeotropic, has a fantastic specific heat capacity, as well as high vaporization heat, it's a good solvent and tastes excellent too. I could go on...
No Water No Whisky!
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17-01-2011, 07:30 AM
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| | | Re: How could water form this shape?
Coincidentally enough, this was one of the reader's questions answered in the back of a recent New Scientist. If you search for 'Ice spike' on the New Scientist website and then click on 'see a Gallery of ice-spikes' you'll find a detailed explanation and some nice pictures. (A lot of the site requires a subscription for access, but this seems to be freely available) |
17-01-2011, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by tcvarlh Water never ceases to amaze me. Three gas atoms get together (a la Ménage à trois) and Lo, a liquid, or a gas or a solid. Less dense as a solid than a liquid, possesses 4 states, is miscible, azeotropic, has a fantastic specific heat capacity, as well as high vaporization heat, it's a good solvent and tastes excellent too. I could go on... | Don't, _please_ don't - you'll bring the 'Running Cars on Water' nutters out of the woodwork!
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17-01-2011, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by tcvarlh Water never ceases to amaze me. Three gas atoms get together (a la Ménage à trois) and Lo, a liquid, or a gas or a solid. Less dense as a solid than a liquid, possesses 4 states, is miscible, azeotropic, has a fantastic specific heat capacity, as well as high vaporization heat, it's a good solvent and tastes excellent too. I could go on...
No Water No Whisky!
h | V. funny tcvarlh!  My hubby says whisky is THE water of life! 
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17-01-2011, 07:26 PM
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You can't run cars on water, they sink, ask the Top Gear blokes!
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17-01-2011, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by tcvarlh You can't run cars on water, they sink, ask the Top Gear blokes!
h: | you can too YouTube - Amphibious car
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17-01-2011, 09:28 PM
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I remember having a Children's Encyclopaedia when I was 5-6 with an Amphibious-AeroCar in it. Some bod in the USA had built the thing, I wonder what happened to the idea?
Mind, that didn't run on water, it floated 
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20-01-2011, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by tcvarlh I remember having a Children's Encyclopaedia when I was 5-6 with an Amphibious-AeroCar in it. Some bod in the USA had built the thing, I wonder what happened to the idea?
Mind, that didn't run on water, it floated
h | They had to discontinue it as in low temperatures it ran over ice spikes and got punctures.....
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