Message-Id: <l03020900b03bd9c14015@[206.170.177.73]>
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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 22:01:09 -0700
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
From: kathy saito <ksaito@foothill.net>
Subject: wet ice
Help! A student asked me a question in Chem today and my brain froze....he
wanted to know why wet things (i.e. tongue, fingers, etc) stick to ice
cubes. Is it hydrogen bonding, the liquid on the object (tongue, etc)
freezing, combination of both?
Thanks for any input you can give!
Kathy Saito
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "Today, the shadows are long because we have lost a
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