H20 - One of life's mysteries?

Cryogenic

Cryogenic

Cryogenic

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I was just in the shower and was marvelling at the droplets of water falling on me. Though I was no genius at chemistry. How is it possible, for example, to eat/drink 2 parts hydrogen and 1 part oxygen when you cannot do either individually?

I mean can you imagine eating liquid oxygen or hydrogen gas or have I got it wrong :confused:
 
didn't you know? if you eat water, it splits the Oxygen away and it goes into your lungs (so you no longer need to waste energy breathing, amazing!)
 
Cryogenic said:
I was just in the shower and was marvelling at the droplets of water falling on me. Though I was no genius at chemistry. How is it possible, for example, to eat/drink 2 parts hydrogen and 1 part oxygen when you cannot do either individually?

I mean can you imagine eating liquid oxygen or hydrogen gas or have I got it wrong :confused:
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yes followed by lots of screaming and then hospital
 
There is no need to marvel. Just know that God created each and every droplet of water for your - and mine - benefit.

Hallelujah.
 
wannabedamned said:
Can you really breath using liquid oxygen, Like the Abyss Movie?
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I very much doubt it unless its uber cold or w/e. Don't forget you can also get heavy water where the hydrogen has twooooo protons i beleive? that then makes it 'hard water' where its hard to get a lather...am i right?
 
Vasquez said:
no!
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bledd. said:
pretty sure it's really cold, so would freeze your mouth off


-edit, yup.

boiling point: 90.188 K (−182.96 °C)
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I googled aswell :D

Question: Would it be possible for humans to breathe liquid oxygen?


Answer: Liquid oxygen is very cold, more than 200 degrees below zero on the
centigrade scale. At this temperature all of the desirable physical
properties of the lung would be nonfunctional. To get an idea of how
the flexibility of the lung would change, place a carnation in some liquid
nitrogen or a super deep freeze. Your question is interesting though
because it would be desirable to breath liquid instead of gas under
certain conditions. Special liquids are being designed to carry dissolved
gaseous oxygen to the lung and to remove carbon dioxide. Even fish are
breathing dissolved oxygen, the water is much too warm for liquid oxygen.
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