Scientists create "dry water"

[Raziaar]

Moisture has nothing to do with wetness.

Dryness is a lack of wetness. Ice is dry.

Wikipedia states that moisture can even spoil DRY goods such as teas.

Something that is not wet is considered dry.

I like how you quote wikipedia, bold the part about dried goods, but ignore the part about the presence of water. I mean, it's not the presence of "liquid" water. It's the presence of water, period.

Anyway... nearly all dried goods have a moisture content level anyway... however small.


I don't know how you're not getting this. Moisture is moisture, whether it's a solid, liquid or gas. The properties of course are different, but it's still moisture.

Take a vapor barrier for instance. They're generally designed to prevent moisture from seeping in. The vapor is still moisture.

Something that is not wet is considered dry.

To be scientifically accurate, something that is lacking moisture is said to be dry. Whether it be the crust of a bread, or the air you breathe. And of course, sometimes people just sort of... get lazy when not trying to be scientific. A "dry" good might be called dry, when in fact it still may have a moisture content of say... 6%, or 16%. It's simply because for all intents and purposes it's dry enough for its needed use, which is to prevent spoilage or to achieve the desired texture or whatever.



Also... one last thing. How in the hell does moisture have nothing to do with "wetness"? Is liquid water not moisture? Is water vapor not moisture?

 

[bbson john]

What is dry; what is wet? What is moist; what is arid?
And more, What is water content? That's the question.
Is wet but H2O in the phase of liquid?
Is moist but water bonded together with hydrogen bonds?
Is water content but substance with H2O molecules?
Alas, such argument will never surcease.

For wetness is merely a feeling.
The vast of oils without water, wet.
The salt-adsorbed moisture, dry.
Alas, scientifically undefined words require no scientific arguments.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

I like how you quote wikipedia, bold the part about dried goods, but ignore the part about the presence of water. I mean, it's not the presence of "liquid" water. It's the presence of water, period.

Anyway... nearly all dried goods have a moisture content level anyway... however small.


I don't know how you're not getting this. Moisture is moisture, whether it's a solid, liquid or gas. The properties of course are different, but it's still moisture.

Take a vapor barrier for instance. They're generally designed to prevent moisture from seeping in. The vapor is still moisture.



To be scientifically accurate, something that is lacking moisture is said to be dry. Whether it be the crust of a bread, or the air you breathe. And of course, sometimes people just sort of... get lazy when not trying to be scientific. A "dry" good might be called dry, when in fact it still may have a moisture content of say... 6%, or 16%. It's simply because for all intents and purposes it's dry enough for its needed use, which is to prevent spoilage or to achieve the desired texture or whatever.



Also... one last thing. How in the hell does moisture have nothing to do with "wetness"? Is liquid water not moisture? Is water vapor not moisture?

Then we are arguing semantics and not science. I am referring to something being dry in the sense people use in everyday speech. Common sense dictates ice is dry as its not a liquid.


You wouldnt throw ice over somebody and have their reaction be "I'm all wet now!"

It would be COLD, but it would just slide right off of them (unless some wet water happened to melt onto them as the ice fell)

 

[Eejit]

Then we are arguing semantics and not science. I am referring to something being dry in the sense people use in everyday speech. Common sense dictates ice is dry as its not a liquid.

This is a thread about a scientific discovery...

 

[Druckles]

Water is not ice.

Ice is wet.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Water is not ice.

Ice is wet.

lol wut?


Man you guys are fun to **** with. This forums pretty funny.

 

[Raziaar]

Is that an admission of trolling?

 

[Eejit]

No it's a

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Is that an admission of trolling?

No. Ice is dry. Nobody you talk to in person is going to say that ice is wet.

 

[Raziaar]

No. Ice is dry. Nobody you talk to in person is going to say that ice is wet.

That's because ice isn't wet...

GOD WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH YOU. You act as if the terms wet and dry are scientifically bound together. They are not.

Wet means liquid, or covered in liquid. ICE IS A SOLID NOT A LIQUID and thus it isn't wet(unless the surface layer is melted). But it isn't "dry" either, because it is frozen moisture.

 

[Vegeta897]

This is a stupid argument, but I often see Antarctica being described as the driest place on earth, because all moisture freezes. When everything is absolutely frozen the place is usually called 'dry'.

 

[Raziaar]

This is a stupid argument, but I often see Antarctica being described as the driest place on earth, because all moisture freezes. When everything is absolutely frozen the place is usually called 'dry'.

Atacama Desert in south America is.

Cold places like Antarctica, when mentioned to be dry, are said so because there is little to no water vapor in the air. It robs the moisture from your body far quicker.

It doesn't really have anything to do with the ground.

One of the qualities of the dry air in Antarctica, is that it allows telescopes to look into space without light being refracted in the water vapor in the air.

 

[bbson john]

Ice gives you a feeling of wet because household ice usually has a temperature at around 0 to minus 18 degree Celsius. When you hold it, body or room temperature will melt its top layer, creating a thin layer of water. That's the feeling of moist. Ice is not moist or wet, but the molten layer surrounding ice is.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

This is a stupid argument, but I often see Antarctica being described as the driest place on earth, because all moisture freezes. When everything is absolutely frozen the place is usually called 'dry'.

Ice gives you a feeling of wet because household ice usually has a temperature at around 0 to minus 18 degree Celsius. When you hold it, body or room temperature will melt its top layer, creating a thin layer of water. That's the feeling of moist. Ice is not moist or wet, but the molten layer surrounding ice is.

Exactamundo! Ice is dry. Therefore there already exists "Dry water"

 

[Raziaar]

 

[Naudian]

Sometimes I hate all of you a lot.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

We love you all the time Naughty Ann.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Does anybody else find it utterly hilarious that Rakurai quoted like 5 dictionary/wikipedia definitions for "dry," and then turns around and says, in reply to one of Raz's posts:

Then we are arguing semantics and not science.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Does anybody else find it utterly hilarious that Rakurai quoted like 5 dictionary/wikipedia definitions for "dry," and then turns around and says, in reply to one of Raz's posts:

Well they were tryin to say that ice is not dry! What you expect? :farmer:

 

[Raziaar]

Well they were tryin to say that ice is not dry! What you expect? :farmer:

And I don’t wanna talk to a scientist
Y’all mother****ers lying, and getting me pissed.

 

[Krynn72]

It's a Yakov Smirnoff joke.

How hot is it? It's so hot, I poured McDonalds coffee in my lap to cool off! Yakov Snirnoff said it.

WRONG. You and your inferior Futurama knowledge, get out of my way! It was Johnny Carson, not Yakov Smirnoff!

 

[Raziaar]

WRONG. You and your inferior Futurama knowledge, get out of my way! It was Johnny Carson, not Yakov Smirnoff!

Oh ****... oh **** oh **** oh **** oh **** oh ****...

WHY DID I SAY YAKOV SMIRNOFF!? WHY DID I SAY YAKOV SMIRNOFF!?

Oh that's right, because the second joke in the episode was about Yakov Smirnoff... but it really wasn't.



You have vanquished me Melllvar...

 

[Bad^Hat]

"This ice dispenser is SO big, the ice crushes YOU! Yakov Smirnoff said it."

"No he didn't".

 

[Eejit]

Funnily enough water ice IS frequently referred to as 'wet ice' in order to differentiate it from dry ice - frozen CO2.

 

[kazsymonds]

Funnily enough water ice IS frequently referred to as 'wet ice' in order to differentiate it from dry ice - frozen CO2.

Yeah, I call it wet ice all the time.

 

[Dynasty]

If you can remove the need to stir your reactions, then potentially you're making considerable energy savings

How ***king lazy ARE WE???