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Inside tiny tubes, water turns solid when it should be boiling
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| 11/28/2016
| David L. Chandler
Posted on 11/29/2016 10:44:51 PM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
11/29/2016 10:44:51 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
That makes sense. It’s one water molecule, and it can’t move anywhere, even if it wanted to, so its state is always frozen.
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posted on
11/29/2016 10:49:12 PM PST
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/29/2016 10:49:15 PM PST
by
TChad
(Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
To: BenLurkin
Well, a few water molecules. But they can’t move around, so they freeze.
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posted on
11/29/2016 10:50:11 PM PST
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: BenLurkin
Well obviously. That's why it's so hard to suck a milk-shake through a small straw, like a coffee stirrer. Christopher Hawking and Dorkins in the wheelchair guy predicted all of this. Duh! Jeez.
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posted on
11/29/2016 10:54:01 PM PST
by
golux
To: BenLurkin
I wonder if there are any practical uses of this phenomenon?
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posted on
11/29/2016 10:54:53 PM PST
by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
To: BenLurkin
Could this be one of the keys to workable superconductors and perhaps even cold fusion?
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posted on
11/29/2016 10:58:27 PM PST
by
Bullish
(The fly on Hillary's forehead knows)
To: BenLurkin
I should have read further before I asked for “what practical use for this phenomenon”:
“it should be possible to make ice wires that would be among the best carriers known for protons, because water conducts protons at least 10 times more readily than typical conductive materials. This gives us very stable water wires, at room temperature. Proton conductors are a component in fuel cells.
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posted on
11/29/2016 11:00:05 PM PST
by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
To: jonrick46
No doubt something to do with discovering alien life or global warming.
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posted on
11/29/2016 11:00:09 PM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: lefty-lie-spy
I posted the answer for my question in post #8.
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posted on
11/29/2016 11:02:03 PM PST
by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
To: jonrick46
I didn’t read the article - but that’s what I was thinking - some way to conduct energy. I wonder if it could act as a “stiffening” agent. I have no idea how stiff the carbon nanotubes are - but could see a roll of fabric of it rolled off a truck, fill it with water somehow, and now you have a hard surface (like a runway???) I wonder if because each individual ice particle is so small it wouldn’t break like regular ice?
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posted on
11/29/2016 11:05:08 PM PST
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
To: FreedomStar3028
it’s possible you could make an extremely shock resistant material this way.
To: jonrick46
First thing I think of is engineered phase-change materials. It takes a LOT of heat to get a liquid to vaporiize from the liquid state. Think of drywall that maintains a nice, even 72 degrees throughout the day.
To: lefty-lie-spy
Woman and minorities hardest hit.
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posted on
11/29/2016 11:13:21 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
All bets are off when you get really small,... Let's get Small!
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posted on
11/29/2016 11:16:24 PM PST
by
An.American.Expatriate
(Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
To: BenLurkin
Jerry Reed had this figured out YEARS ago and wrote a song about it...
When You’re Hot, You’re Hot
When You’re Not, You’re Not
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posted on
11/29/2016 11:16:40 PM PST
by
Oscar in Batangas
(No such thing as micromanagement...It's usually microMISmanagement)
To: BenLurkin
To: 21twelve
Carbon nanotubes could be made in a paint-able coating that would revolutionize energy applications.
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posted on
11/29/2016 11:22:59 PM PST
by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
To: An.American.Expatriate
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posted on
11/29/2016 11:26:18 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: jonrick46
I wonder if there are any practical uses of this phenomenon? You get enough of these tubs with frozen water in them, and you can cool your drink and it will never melt.
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