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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
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Subject: Re: Why boil cold water
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Date: Fri, 10-May-85 15:43:46 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 10 15:43:46 1985
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> Cold water will boil
> FASTER (yep, that's right) than hot water.  This is because the cold water
> contains more oxygen than the hot water (now what that does is beyond me).
> The above strange fact was passed on to the freshman chemistry class I took
> in college.  For what its worth, the professor used to be a research chemist
> with Dupont.
> 						Steve Holzworth

    I also recall hearing that hot water will freeze faster than cold water
for unknown reasons.  Frankly, I doubt both statements.
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
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