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[–] dellish@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Ahhh water. Blocks alpha particles. Disables magnets. Is there anything this wondrous liquid can't do?

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Depends on the amount of compression you’re trying to achieve, the water’s temperature, and your definition of “easy”. Near freezing, ice is compressible. Because the increased pressure causes the freezing point to rise, which causes it to melt. And liquid water takes up less space than ice.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It can dissolve a lot of things too

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It can also decide what can and cannot breathe in it

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you reverse a magnet it makes water more west

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I do hate it when my magnets develop a West pole.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Are you sure it’s not more south?

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

West by counterclockwise up actually

[–] JATtho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Be in one fraction at once. H2O consist of differerent quantum-mechanical portions: para-water and ortho-water.

And it only gets weirder.

paljastusNo. Don't google para-hydrogen. You will break your brain.