Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> Wouldn't that water compress?

You say it because of the extra volume on top of it?

If that's the case, not because of heating. The volume increases, the water still weights the same.



No, water is most dense at 4°C. If you take water at 2°C and increase its temperature by a degree, it will _compress_, not expand. But if you take water at 10°C and heat it by a degree it will expand. My question is what percentage of the expansion is offset by the compression.

(Note that the 4°C number is only for pure water.)

> water still weights the same

Weight has nothing to do with my first point. It's the increase in volume that spills into land.


Yeah, my comment was stupidly about how some other phenomenon doesn't exist.

But well, water being water, I imagine this doesn't happen at pressure; just for surface water. Is that the case?




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: