Golly, Alistair, look at the Grand Canyon. Almost all of it started
out as different kinds of rock, weathered to sediments, deposit on a
shallow seabed, then uplifted and weathered again to create the canyon.

The claim isn't (or should be) that it's the most effective solvent
liter for liter. It's that as solvents go, it has done the most work
over time.

No BS.

Mark

On Sep 24, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Alistair Bell wrote:

> I call BS on that web page. sheesh, have a look!
>
>
> and what the heck does this statement mean or prove?
>
>>
>> Water is known as the universal solvent due to its ability to
>> dissolve bases or acids.
>
>
> has anyone on this dammed list know anything about chemistry or do
> they just parrot glib statements for effect?
>
> :)
>
> alistair
>
>
>
> On 24-Sep-10, at 8:34 AM, Michael wrote:
>
> Not the best of BS calls.   Water is known as the universal solvent
> due to its ability to dissolve bases or acids.
>
> http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/hydro/h2o.htm