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1st February 2004, 03:48 PM
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Reps: 224,390 (power: 259) | | Well, glad to see that we've shifted to discussing something more productive in this thread. Is water wet or not? :rolleyes: 
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1st February 2004, 03:53 PM
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1st February 2004, 04:04 PM
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Reps: 382 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by ej's dictionary 1. Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water.
The water at the bottom of a glass is covered by the water at the top, but the water at the top is not coverd by water, ergo water is only wet when at the bottom of a glass. Water at the top of a glass is dry.
I always tend to overanalyse. 
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1st February 2004, 04:09 PM
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1st February 2004, 04:11 PM
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1st February 2004, 04:11 PM
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Reps: 907 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by ej But dry ice isn't made from water at all
What? That would explain why all the ice I made in my freezer kept melting  |
1st February 2004, 04:14 PM
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Reps: 10,751 (power: 28) | | Originally Posted by ThePhoenix What? That would explain why all the ice I made in my freezer kept melting
No, no... you were making wet ice... dry ice
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Solid carbon dioxide that sublimates at -78.5°C (-110°F) and is used primarily as a coolant. |
1st February 2004, 04:22 PM
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Reps: 3,122 (power: 16) | | | Ice is dry, it's just when pressure is added (heat) it melts some. The water on ice action is what makes the ice wet.
Ice alone is dry, water alone is not wet. When you take water and put it on something it becomes wet.
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1st February 2004, 06:16 PM
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Reps: 907 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by ObbiQuiet Ice is dry, it's just when pressure is added (heat) it melts some. The water on ice action is what makes the ice wet.
Ice alone is dry, water alone is not wet. When you take water and put it on something it becomes wet.
Then how do they do dry ice  Do they make sure not to put water on it? |
1st February 2004, 06:23 PM
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