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Is water an acid or a base? (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I once brought up in a family dinner how incredible and strange water is, and how we don't really think about it.

It appears naturally in all three phases, expands when frozen, has a high surface tension, has a high specific heat, and can behave as a mild base or acid. Oh, and all the living stuff has water in it.

Nobody really understood what I meant except my sister.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

If it makes you feel any better, I totally get it.

I’ve thought many times how different the universe would be (would complex life on earth even work the same way???) if frozen water became more dense and sank like most frozen substances.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Do you know about ortho/para-H~2~O? It only gets weirder.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Neat, I will be saving this and reading it when I'm less busy... maybe I'll get back to you on it.