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To: Boogieman

Solubility of gasses in water generally decreases with increasing temperatures, which is why bubbles form in pots of water being boiled, that aren’t boiling yet. (Those are the air coming out of solution.) There are some exceptions but I don’t think CO2 is one of them. That said, I am not an alarmist.


17 posted on 04/06/2013 5:29:42 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: coloradan

Hmm, you are right. I was basing my assessment off the fact that solubility of solids, like sugar, for example, increases. Thanks for pointing that out.

I got curious as to why the difference exists, and it seems to be due to the fact that gases have more entropy than solids.


21 posted on 04/06/2013 9:00:37 AM PDT by Boogieman
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