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To: BillM
Water is an unusual compound. Its molecular weight (18) is half that of nitrogen (28) and less than half oxygen (32). Water should by all rights be a gas.

??? 18 is not half of 28 and is not less than half of 32.

6 posted on 02/10/2011 9:46:46 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: PapaBear3625

Sorry, sloppy, the point is that the lighter gas H2O(18) rises in air while the heavier gas CO2(44) sinks.


9 posted on 02/10/2011 9:57:52 AM PST by BillM
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