Re: Density of water.

[Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>]

there is a 'whale' of a lot of that 'thermal stuff' that comes up
from within the earth.
(much to Kelvin's chagrin?)



At  9:06 PM -0600  on  12/2/01,  Brian Whatcott   wrote
> At 08:38 PM 12/2/01, Jim Green wrote:
>
> >  >If water density uniformly decreased above freezing point,
>
> /snip/
>
> > The ice would sink -- thus the body of water would be solid ice thus no
> > fish thus no life -- at least in general.
> >
> > Jim Green
> > mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
> > http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen
>
>
> I don't think this follows, necessarily. Do you have experimental
> support?  <grin>
>
> Brian W
>
>
>
> Brian Whatcott
>    Altus OK                      Eureka!

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