Stumped

By uneek14 - 23/06/2009 14:19 - Canada

Today, while reading some chemistry notes, I came across the term "solid water". Completely stumped, I asked myself, "What the hell is solid water?" Then I heard my little cousin say, "Ice." I'm a 4th year science major in university. He still checks the closet for monsters. FML
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Same thing different taste

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It's okay, when you study so much you can have stupid lapses like that.

It happens. You don't really realize what some things are at first, even if it should be obvious.

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tonia_fml 0

hey, some kids are super smart nowadays, don't underestimate them

Jayyyrad 0

Why is everybody on her such asses? Brain fart, get over it.

Don't feel bad, u probably just overthought it, being so highly learned in science. I know I was thinking of some altered form of water that was highly saturated lol.

milgalo 0

Littler kids simplify things. When you think about complex stuff for a while, you don't really notice the simple things. I think that's what happened here, not anything else, like you're dumb or w/e. I think you know what ice is... :]

jewelzgalore 0

Why would they call it "solid water" anyways? That's a stupid term. Why not "frozen water" or better yet, "ice?"

Alice_Renee 0

Hey now, there's nothing wrong with looking for monsters. >:-[

Hmm... I looked up the definition of water and every definition I find online assumes "water" refers to the liquid state. I'm a 4th yr university student as well and I find it weird how many people have text books referring to ice as "solid water." I've never heard of the term myself and in my opinion the editors of those texts tried too hard to sound smart... quote: wa·ter (wôtr, wtr) n. 1. A clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H2O, essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents. Freezing point 0°C (32°F); boiling point 100°C (212°F); specific gravity (4°C) 1.0000; weight per gallon (15°C) 8.338 pounds (3.782 kilograms).