Maybe this should go in the pedants thread, or even the comedy thread, but it's still interesting!
What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
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What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
Alan Henness
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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:
1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?
Re: What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
Ahem.
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"But in 1994 a new convention was adopted and the triple point of water was defined as "zero point zero nought degrees", that is 0.01 deg Celsius."
"zero point zero nought degrees" = 0.00 degrees, not "0.01 degrees".
Apart from that I found it quite confusing!
But I did like the, typical, double blind Stephen Fry pulled!
!!PEDANT WARNING!! - !!PEDANT WARNING!! - !!PEDANT WARNING!!
"But in 1994 a new convention was adopted and the triple point of water was defined as "zero point zero nought degrees", that is 0.01 deg Celsius."
"zero point zero nought degrees" = 0.00 degrees, not "0.01 degrees".
Apart from that I found it quite confusing!
But I did like the, typical, double blind Stephen Fry pulled!
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
Re: What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
Damn! I spotted that but forgot to point it out. Who will forgive me?
Alan Henness
There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:
1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?
There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:
1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?
Re: What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
Me
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
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Re: What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
What was missing from all this material was that the triple point is defined in terms of both temperature and pressure (partial pressure in the case of water vapour).
At 1 atmosphere pressure you will find it difficult to get to the triple point, which can only be achieved at the right partial pressure. In the case of water this is 0.006 atmospheres, practically a vacuum in the absence of any other gases.
At 1 atmosphere pressure you will find it difficult to get to the triple point, which can only be achieved at the right partial pressure. In the case of water this is 0.006 atmospheres, practically a vacuum in the absence of any other gases.
Re: What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
Bingo. Was going to say this myself.tubataxidriver wrote:What was missing from all this material was that the triple point is defined in terms of both temperature and pressure (partial pressure in the case of water vapour). ....
The boiling point of water is quite different up on Everest.
Re: What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
Forgot that Tuba.What was missing from all this material was that the triple point is defined in terms of both temperature and pressure (partial pressure in the case of water vapour).
I don't think the article was written by a scientist some how.
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
Re: What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
Yeah, but where do you plug the kettle in?Gurdur wrote:The boiling point of water is quite different up on Everest.
Alan Henness
There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:
1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?
There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:
1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?
Re: What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
If you do not carry a quick plug-in power supply and AC/DC convertor together with large solar-cell array around with you at all times in your anorak, you have absolutely no geek cred at all.
Re: What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
Is this to balance the laptop on the other side?Gurdur wrote:If you do not carry a quick plug-in power supply and AC/DC convertor together with large solar-cell array around with you at all times in your anorak, you have absolutely no geek cred at all.
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
Re: What temperature does water freeze and boil at?
Not only the laptop, but the mini-flame-torch, the electrical & mechanical worktools kit, and the survivalist kit to deal with everything from zombies to psychopaths.
All means you gotta have an anorak with strong pockets, but it makes a man outta you. A very weighed-down man, true, but we all have our own burdens.
All means you gotta have an anorak with strong pockets, but it makes a man outta you. A very weighed-down man, true, but we all have our own burdens.