Morning Mottie, enjoy your lay-in this morning.
Andy
Andy
As I said before I am usually right. I engage brain before hitting keyboard.
Let's be honest, that sort of statement does not bode well amongst a team of professionals who otherwise work together.The following is the sort of statement I used to get from colleagues who thought the piece of paper granted to them by an examining body meant they knew everything and they then compounded this idea by sticking their chest out as they pranced around in front of others saying how much better they are than everybody else.
Time and time again they made similar mistakes as others, and yes everybody makes mistakes.As I said before I am usually right. I engage brain before hitting keyboard.
Most manage their mistakes and/or consult with their team, others blame every one else but themselves.
Let's be honest, that sort of statement does not bode well amongst a team of professionals who otherwise work together.
Indeed they do - which is precisely why I said that I am aware of no "solid or liquid material/substance" which has a higher specific heat than water - and, in any event, I doubt that many kettles are made out of hydrogen or helium gasHi John, just for info, helium and hydrogen gas both have specific heat capacities in excess of water (and higher than steam)
I am aware of no solid or liquid material/substance which has a higher specific heat than water - so, for once, I think that winston is actually right.
Kind Regards, John
It seems that you are right - but I did only say "I am not aware of..." and don''t pretend to 'be aware of' everything Maybe I should have added 'at room temperature' since, as you go on to say ...Liquid ammonia apparently ...
Indeed. I think the boiling point (at terrestrial atmospheric pressure) is around -33°C.... though TBH I thought ammonia was a gas at room temperature?
Yes, totally unique, and quite intriguing - and also ubiquitous, not only on earth but we seem to be finding increasing evidence of it being pretty common throughout the solar system and probably the entire universe.Despite being a substance of abundance and generally taken for granted by us all, Water is quite fascinating, it doesn't confirm to "at face value" norms. It's a liquid at room temperature, odd as hydrogen sulphide is a gas at room temperature. It's less dense in it's solid state than it is as a liquid. ... It has as noted a very high specific heat, this is goes some way to explaining why it's a liquid at RT (well the other way round really)
I suspect that one probably needs to 'think out of the box' about that one, since that statement relates primarily to 'how things have come to be' on earth.Good job it is as otherwise there probably wouldn't be any life on earth.
Hi Guys.
Mum has asked me to let you know that my step Dad had been affected by Alzheimers for a number of years, he had some really bad days but on the good days he and Mum had been following a number of Forums including this one.
Tom joined the Army in 1956 and spent 13 years in the RE's until a medical discharge in 1972, he worked for Radio Rentals & Ecko for a year each then while working for Burns Radio he did some contracting work for BBC Radio Medway (Where he met Mum) and some other local radio stations before Joining BBC full time in 1977 until 2002. It never ceased to amaze me when he spoke of the projects he worked on, particularly how he managed to climb the towers with his bad foot.
Dad had a massive stroke during lunch on April 11th, sadly he caught Covid19 in hospital and we lost him on April 28th after spending 17 days in a very confused state and the last 5 days drifting in and out of a consciousness.
Sandy.
I suppose that's true, but it doesn't alter what I said ... that if the temperature (and temperature excursions) of the earth (or any where else) had been/were such that it was always in the range at which methane or ammonia (or whatever) was always liquid (and that that was the liquid which made up our oceans etc.) then, dependent upon what is possible 'chemically', it's not impossible that life might have evolved in that medium.I think the bit about life on earth, pertains to the fact that ice is less dense than water, if it weren't then obviously it would sink and not offer any insulation leading to more and more freezing, therefore in ice ages the oceans would have frozen solid, instead of staying liquid underneath.
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