The Titanic was sunk essentially by a huge ice cube! Why are there huge icy mountains floating around in the ocean anyway? That doesn't make sense! Weird, wonderful water is the reason for this disaster....when water freezes its mass stays the same but its density DECREASES! Water expands by 9% when frozen. When water cools the molecules slow down and shrink, but at 4 degrees Celsius, water does something strange, it begins to expand. Water is completely bonded by hydrogen structures. These bonds are their strongest at freezing temperatures and very hard to break. Above we have a model of liquid water in its fluid state. And now in its frozen state. Look closely...what differences do you see? There are holes in between the hydrogen and oxygen. This makes water LESS dense when frozen than when warmed up. Not all water is light weight though...there is water in nature that is "heavy". This water has extra neutrons in the nucleus. Scientists call it Deuterium. Hydrogen can occur in nature without a neutron, with a neutron and with 2 neutrons. The more neutrons added, the heavier the water. So heavy water looks like our cute little Mickey Mouse shaped H2O water molecule, except the hydrogen in heavy water is loaded, so to speak, with extra neutrons in the nucleus. No worries, heavy water isn't radio active or dangerous...unless that's the only water you drink for days, then you might be in trouble. A pharmacist did an experiment on himself by drinking lots of heavy water, he was prepared just in case he went into some kind of medical emergency by hiring four doctors that were ready to pump his stomach, jump start his heart or do what they needed to bring him back to life. Luckily, he survived the experiment and didn't suffer from the effects of heavy water at all. Heavy water is interesting and scientists are having fun freezing, boiling and running it through all types of tests. And we thought kinetic sand was fun!!
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OLIVER ROPER
2/28/2019 03:40:25 pm
First! Marcuss remember the LIT legos!Heavy water seems RAD! Hejejeejwjwjwjjeejjehehwhw
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Sebastian Lei
2/28/2019 04:22:30 pm
the difference I saw was there was more molecules in the liquid model then the solid model.
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michael
2/28/2019 04:44:45 pm
thats cool
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Andrew
2/28/2019 06:06:28 pm
MICHAEL didn't even look at the blog at school he just commented.
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Michael Mandaa
2/28/2019 08:51:27 pm
The reason why the "huge ice cube" sinked the titanic is because the "huge ice cube" is Big.
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Michael Mandaa
2/28/2019 08:52:04 pm
sank not sinked
Zach
2/28/2019 05:16:52 pm
I thought the water picture at the end was pretty cool.
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italia
2/28/2019 05:32:05 pm
Yeah!! It was like a volcano, except it was water.
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Andrew
2/28/2019 06:05:01 pm
The water is exploding out of the sewer fountain.
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Jackson Baird
2/28/2019 07:11:00 pm
Why didn't the Titanic do that to the iceburg.
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Jackson Baird
3/3/2019 09:12:22 am
Sorry. Why didn't the Titanic just push away the iceberg?
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Michael Mandaa
3/3/2019 08:39:04 pm
cause it didn't want to
Ryker Bement
2/28/2019 07:29:39 pm
Either Percy Jackson was the cause of that last picture, if not then he would have some fun with it.
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OLIVER ROPER
2/28/2019 09:38:02 pm
Last to comment!Thanos did that LIT explosion
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Alexander caldwell
3/1/2019 07:26:53 am
why is it when it water freezes it looks like a mountain why did it not freeze flat.
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Michael Mandaa
3/2/2019 10:01:53 pm
cause it can
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Mrs. Taylor
3/1/2019 07:35:21 am
Some great questions asked today!!
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Michael Mandaa
3/2/2019 09:54:37 pm
did u know dat da Robert Downey.jr is 53 yrs old
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Michael Mandaa
3/2/2019 10:01:18 pm
I like that picture when you drop ice the picture freezes for like 5 seconds
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aiden
3/4/2019 07:23:33 am
the liquid state of the water was like mash potatoes while the frozen state of water was more symmetrical
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