To: bayliving
Question of the week:
Are icebergs salt water or fresh water?
6 posted on
12/12/2009 7:22:05 AM PST by
RaceBannon
(OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE IS SHOVEL READY...FOR SENIORS!!:: NObama. Not my president.)
To: RaceBannon
Fresh water!
Now what do I win?!?! :)
8 posted on
12/12/2009 7:24:12 AM PST by
bayliving
(DemocRATs are the PROBLEM period...)
To: RaceBannon
I’m thinking both. Depends on their source. If they are from a calved glacier, they are fresh. If they are from frozen sea water (as with a frozen lake), they are salt water.
But that is just an educated guess. Because of the size of this one I would bet it is salt water with a very thick coating of fresh water ice from all the snow buildup before it broke up. A calved piece of a glacier would not be that large.
9 posted on
12/12/2009 7:24:31 AM PST by
RobRoy
(The US today: Revelation 18:4)
To: RaceBannon
Are icebergs salt water or fresh water?Icebergs are, I believe, compacted snow and ice therefore they are fresh water.
10 posted on
12/12/2009 7:25:59 AM PST by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality.)
To: RaceBannon
12 posted on
12/12/2009 7:32:36 AM PST by
stockpirate
(Breathing air is a hazard to human's. the EPA)
To: RaceBannon
Freshwater. Freezing forces the salt and most other impurities out.
To: RaceBannon
Mostly fresh water. When saltwater freezes, it excludes salt from the ice crystal lattice, in short, it decomposes the compound.
It is possible tho have saltwater ice, or saltwater trapped inside under the right conditions.
Evaporation of seawater likewise(thankfully) excludes the salt and other components of the compound.
24 posted on
12/12/2009 4:04:37 PM PST by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
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