Re: Dumb Question

In sci.physics, Randy Poe <poespam-trap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The magic word you want for all such questions is "phase diagram".
This is a set of axes in pressure and temperature, and for any
substance it shows what state it is in at each (P,T) point.

So let's check a phase diagram for H2O, and see if there is
any point where it exists in the solid state at 100 C:
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/phase.html

212 F = 100 C = 373 K

It looks like if the pressure is above 3*10^9 Pascal or so,
then water at this temperature will be in a solid state labeled
"VII" for "ice-seven". For even higher pressures, there are
different states called "ice-ten" and "ice-eleven".


Thanks, Randy. That answers the question. Ice so hot it would burn
your skin. Awesome!

But did Vonnegut never clue them into Ice-Nine? :)


--
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so
certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
-- Bertrand Russel

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