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From: dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway)
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Subject: Re: That bloated feeling
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In article <66666@tiger.oxy.edu> sadeghi@oxy.edu (Behnam Sadeghi) writes:
>Hi,
>Does the amount of solute oxygen in water make any significant difference
>in the rate of the decomposition of a dead human body submerged in water?
>Another question:  Does the level of salt concentration in water affect
>the solublity of oxygen in water in any significant way?
>Thanks a lot,
>Behnam Sadeghi
>

Er....excuse me, Mr. Sadeghi....but...you aren't by chance looking for
a way to dispose of a corpse, are you?


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Sam Conway 
dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu                                         
Chemistry Dept., Dartmouth College
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