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As a daily reader of Gullible, I'm always pleased to hear little tidbits of information I would have never heard before. Today I saw the following
"Gullible.info writer Zachary Quinn is the owner of the world's most extensive water collection with over 13,000 bottles of water from various locations around the world."
Being a curious guy, I was wondering if any of you people know anything more about this collection. I'm interested in learning how someone gets such a fasination with such a unique subject.
Cheers
That's actually a bit of an exaggeration, I have SAMPLES from over 13,000 water specimens. I'm just a bit of a water freak, I suppose. I started collecting water when I was in my teens, from various local ponds and streams, and now I boast a collection of around 13,560 samples. Most of it I keep in thin sleeves for easy microscopic examination (my samples are the primary source for Water studies performed by Cornell University), but I do have around 1500 full 20-ounce bottles in my Hydrarium. I'd post pictures, but I actually dropped my camera in a puddle (sample #2336, I believe) a few weeks ago and haven't gotten around to replacing it. Thanks for the interest, not many people appreciate the finer points of our friend H20.
I'm not sure if Kyle was kidding or not (or if it was supposed to be a secret or not), but he once told me that he dumped one of Zack's samples and filled it with tap water as a joke.
It was a joke! But I mean, tap water is an interesting sample, too...right?
What would you say your ratio of fresh water to salt water is?
Any heavy water?
deuterium you mean. He was on a field trip with his class as a young whipper-snapper at a nuclear power plant and managed to lean into the reactor and suck some out with a straw. So yes, he does. Also explains his lady teasing tongue.
Hmm... I think "heavy water" is water wherein the hydrogen molecules are the deuterium isotope, as opposed to tritium or the atomic weight 1 isotope (I don't know if it has a name).
Hydrogen molecules?
Isotope refers to the unusual atomic structure of the molecule, and that is the water molecule in question. So deuterium is the name of the heavy water isotope. I may be wrong, it's been a while since chemistry class.
Sorry. I always say "molecules" for atoms that don't exist singly, like H2, O2, etc. But you're right to correct me. I was referring to the atoms within the water molecule. I am right, however, about the isotope names.
But anyway, what does he have to worry about getting into a nucular reactor to get heavy water? I think I read that 5% of the water in the Ohio river is heavy.
Nope, you are right, I am wrong.
Isotope refers to the amount of neutrons in an atom. It's element is defined by it's protons. My bad, atleast I got to recap some chemistry!
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