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> not splitting hairs, just being accurate.
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> "water is the universal solvent"
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> not water plus anything else.
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> alistair
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Why use ignorance when there is so much simple scientific fact available?
Uhhhh, does it say "solvent" somewhere in this factual statement?

> Chemically, water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, having the formula
> H2O. It is chemically active, reacting with certain metals and metal
> oxides to form bases, and with certain oxides of nonmetals to form acids. It
> reacts with certain organic compounds to form a variety of products, e.g.,
> alcohols from alkenes. Because water is a polar compound,* it is a good
> solvent.* Although completely pure water is a poor conductor of
> electricity, it is a much better conductor than most other pure liquids
> because of its self-ionization, i.e., the ability of two water molecules to
> react to form a hydroxide ion<http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0825403.html>,
> OH-, and a hydronium ion, H3O+. Its polarity and ionization are both due
> to the high dielectric constant of water.
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> Water has interesting thermal properties. When heated from 0�C, its melting
> point, to 4�C, it contracts and becomes more dense; most other substances
> expand and become less dense when heated. Conversely, when water is cooled
> in this temperature range, it expands. It expands greatly as it freezes; as
> a consequence, ice is less dense than water and floats on it. Because of
> hydrogen bonding between water molecules, the latent heats<http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0828957.html> of
> fusion and of evaporation and the heat capacity<http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0823127.html> of
> water are all unusually high. For these reasons, water serves both as a
> heat-transfer medium (e.g., ice for cooling and steam for heating) and as a
> temperature regulator (the water in lakes and oceans helps regulate the
> climate).
>
Bob ... welcome to Fryedaye. Was there a thread recently about how much of a
"cooperative, caring family" this list is? Get over yourselves. Most LARGE
family's
have individuals with narcissistic personality disordered volks in them.

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