why does water weigh so much ?

[rh71]

serious question.

 

[kyparrish]

high density of atoms?

 

[Analog]

water is light.... When it's steam.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
water is light.... When it's steam.

it is also light when it is ice.

 

[Leper Messiah]

It doesn't really. compare an equal volume of water to iron, and tell me its still heavy...

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Because hydrogen bonding causes water to be liquid at room temperature, and liquids weigh more than gasses per unit volume.

 

[silverpig]

Guess: Water is a polar molecule (it has a + side and a - side). While the molecules are electrically neutral on the whole, their polarity can make it seem like they are charged to the other nearby molecules and there is an attraction. Attraction = molecules are closer together = take up less space = higher density = weigh more.

 

[mdcrab]

Because it has 2 hydrogens for every oxygen.

mdcrab

 

[akubi]

how much should it weigh?

 

[loup garou]

Gravity.

 

[Otaking]

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: akubi
how much should it weigh?

1 kilo/liter...and not a gram more, damnit

 

[pray4mojo]

its hard to take that question seriously

 

[veloc1ty]

Gallons into Pounds: Multiply the specific gravity of the liquid by 8.33* (weight in pounds of 1 gallon of water); then multiply this result by the number of gallons, to obtain the weight in pounds.

 

[compnovice]

Now on I will start lifting waters.....

 

Because you're weak.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: werk
Gravity.

QFT!

I was going to post this, but I figured that some outstanding forum member would have already done so!