The principal reason it transforms is that water is a collection of molecules, H2O, every child learns that.And that bond has the property that as the bonds get stronger when you cool water, the ice expands.
Normally, you would not call ice a mineral. - Ira Flatow
Normally, you would not call ice a mineral.
- Ira Flatow
Ice is remarkable in many ways. A simple experiment one can do at home is to add salt to an amount of water in different concentrations. For example,… - Ira Flatow
Ice is remarkable in many ways. A simple experiment one can do at home is to add salt to an amount of water in different concentrations. For example,…
Mainly, of course, if you're not an ice climber, where you really need ice, for most people ice is a damn nuisance. And we just can't wait for it to … - Ira Flatow
Mainly, of course, if you're not an ice climber, where you really need ice, for most people ice is a damn nuisance. And we just can't wait for it to …
The different colors [of water] again refer to the fact that those little jacks, if you want to call them jacks, those little pyramids, can be packed… - Ira Flatow
The different colors [of water] again refer to the fact that those little jacks, if you want to call them jacks, those little pyramids, can be packed…
H2O it's a complicated, three-dimensional, charged object. And one can pack these things in many different ways, a little like playing the child's ga… - Ira Flatow
H2O it's a complicated, three-dimensional, charged object. And one can pack these things in many different ways, a little like playing the child's ga…
The principal reason it transforms is that water is a collection of molecules, H2O, every child learns that.And that bond has the property that as th… - Ira Flatow
The principal reason it transforms is that water is a collection of molecules, H2O, every child learns that.And that bond has the property that as th…
Form follows finances instead of function. - Ira Flatow
Form follows finances instead of function.
People tend to romanticize what they can't quite remember. - Ira Flatow
People tend to romanticize what they can't quite remember.
I think the most remarkable thing about ice, in my opinion at least, is that it occurs in many, many, many different forms. Most solids occur in typi… - Ira Flatow
I think the most remarkable thing about ice, in my opinion at least, is that it occurs in many, many, many different forms. Most solids occur in typi…
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