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[–] dellish@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (5 children)

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

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 32 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago
[–] JATtho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days 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.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It can dissolve a lot of things too

It can also decide what can and cannot breathe in it

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If you reverse a magnet it makes water more west

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

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

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

Are you sure it’s not more south?

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

West by counterclockwise up actually