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Big daddy wags

02/10/18 4:38 PM

#70774 RE: Porgie Tirebiter #70772

This has been an interesting exercise!
Hearkens me back to my organic and inorganic chem classes in college!

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“Water is the most powerful solvent known.”
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100% Wrong! Water may be the most prevalent solvent on the Planet, but there are quite a few other solvents that will dissolve a wider variety of solutes and do it much faster than water!! Water, the most powerful?
I think NOT!!!!!

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“And, if we're discussing volatility, water is technically volatile all the way down to absolute zero. I mean, it's not going to be very volatile at extremely low temperature”
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I never once said water in not volatile!
I was referring to water on the spectrum of volatility of other compounds at 72 degrees F and that there are many compounds with much higher volatility than water! And in that comparison water could be considered nonvolatile, as water molecules at 72 degrees F are not “eager” to jump out of the beaker like other highly volatile compounds!
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Ecomike

02/11/18 7:05 PM

#70794 RE: Porgie Tirebiter #70772

After years you and I finally agree on something, I guess speaking of water, that means its going to rain LOL

Speaking of Volatile, SGSIF is bucking the markets VOLATILY now, showing a solid bottom and higher high bounce is coming. Time to load up you SGSIF fleet!! And float on all that Water!!!

But while Water is called a universal solvent, it is not truly "the most powerful solvent"

Many amino-acids, and glycols, surfactants are far more universal at dissolving things and more powerful than water. Brake fluid is great example, it dissolves paint faster than you can wipe a spill off.