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From: ajf@pyuxa.UUCP (A Figura)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: freezing hot water
Message-ID: <1256@pyuxa.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-May-85 12:36:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 24 12:36:04 1985
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> 	No really, the hot-cold water effect is true. The
> principal that causes this also causes other things. For
> instance, wet wood burns better that dry wood. In this case,
> The oxygen molecules in the water helps out the fire, and we all
> know how much fire needs oxygen. The hydrogen molecule also
> doesn't hurt any. 

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I didn't see any smiley faces, but I must assume this was posted
tongue in cheek.  You can't seriously expect anyone who had an
elementary chemistry or thermodynamics course to believe this?
How are the oxygen "molecules" going to get disassociated from the
hydrogen "molecules", so that they could burn and recombine into H2O?
For one thing, it takes a whole lot more energy to split 2 H2O into
2 H2 + O2 than is released when H20 is formed. 

By your logic, every fire department in the world must be personned
by arsonists; after all, they pour water on the fire - and everybody
knows what a great fire-catalyst water is!!!

By the way :-)

Al "why did I waste my time getting involved with this BS" Figura @ Bellcore