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[-] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

If temperature was permanently -50 °C water would be a good building material.

[-] gay_sex@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

In the middle I was thinking "Woah, 4 MJ/m^3? That's nearly the same as water!"

You got me, xD

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 270 points 1 week ago

Water actually has shitty electrical conductivity.

[-] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 174 points 1 week ago
[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

But then the conductivity perishes as the salt is being spent. Just add more salt, then?

[-] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 5 days ago

Introducing: Chlorone gas with a chance of hydrogen

[-] Zuriz@sh.itjust.works 91 points 1 week ago

Username checks out

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[-] Naich@lemmings.world 134 points 1 week ago

Pure water isn't a good electrical conductor.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 70 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Your face isnt a good electrical conductor

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 87 points 1 week ago

Better than pure water for sure.

[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

It actually is. Do you even nerd, bro?

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 57 points 1 week ago
[-] gay_sex@mander.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

hydrogen hydroxide

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 41 points 1 week ago

Everyone that ingested it has died. Concidence?

#dihydrogenMonoxideIsCancer #sayNoToH2O

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 37 points 1 week ago

This is false. the correct number is approximately 93%.
About 7% of everyone who ever lived is still alive.

[-] Okokimup@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

I drank water once and now I'm dying.

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 22 points 1 week ago

Still, you're doing remarkably well for only having drunk water once.

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I drank it twice. But I also drank it once.

[-] Litebit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

dying of thirst?

[-] sga@lemmings.world 8 points 1 week ago

they all are chronically ill, they will die, just in some time

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[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 week ago

Dissolves everything? Hydrophobic and halogenated compounds would like to have a word.

[-] sga@lemmings.world 28 points 1 week ago

you are not adding enough water, add more

[-] ProceduralDeathLab@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago

If you think water is incompressible, you’re not trying hard enough.

[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I've always hated "incompressible" when talking about fluids. It's just shorthand for: doesn't compress much under pressure.

In engineering unless you're dealing with insane pressures, when something is "incompressible", assuming it is is good enough.

But it's still misleading so I don't like it haha

username checks out

[-] Chakravanti@monero.town 6 points 1 week ago

I can't see the thing matching your description.

[-] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 1 week ago

The problem with water is it's heavy af. We need a light water.

[-] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 week ago

Best I got is heavy water….

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[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

Idk, have been statistically proven that everyone who come into touch with that material end up dying.

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[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Fun fact, there are materials that dissolve better in fatty acids than water. For example, Menthol crystals extracted from Mint Oils will readily dissolve in other oils but is very picky about its water.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago

Polar vs. non-polar

[-] traches@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

universal solvent

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Along with the people pointing out conductivity.

Who says water is not compressible? Takes a lot of energy, but the big bang didn't happen in a sea of water.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

My oceanography textbook said so. You'd think the ocean people knew about water. Must be more propaganda from big compress to sell more compression.

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[-] sga@lemmings.world 6 points 1 week ago

most solids and liquids are practically incompressible (when comparing with gasses). there is a relationship between bulk compressibility, shear stress and youngs modulus for solids, which can be extended for liquids. It does not work for gasses

[-] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago
[-] kubica@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

Be water my friend.

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