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Re: Water pump information

Yes, and I was thinking non-equilibrium -- the three may co-exist for a time
depending on the ambient and the respective quantities.

bc


Chuck Britton wrote:

At 2:21 PM -0500 on 2/9/02, Larry Cartwright wrote
Bernard Cleyet wrote:
>on the moon (except the water would immediately freeze and boil away)

It would become simultaneously solid and gaseous???


yup, that's called a phase boundary. Throw in liquid and you
MIGHT manage to get the triple point temperature and pressure.
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