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Re: "liquid water, lots of of it,"

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Am 01.07.2016 20:50, schrieb The Starmaker:
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/07/01/the-rocks-on-mars-suggest-it-used-to-look-like-earth-what-happened/
>

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> Don't these 'science guys' know how to say
>
> water, without adding the word liquid to it????


'Liquid water' is one of three forms of water: ice, liquid and vapour.

Since the surface of Mars is too cold for liquid water in the realm from 
0° C to 100° C, the statement makes sense, since 'liquid water' 
suggests, Mars once was warmer.

But we know about water (liquid, of course) from other features of that 
  planet, too.

The Mars is predominantly red (reddish, actually more like brown). This 
seems to be sediments of iron-oxide.

Now: how got the iron distributed that fine upon the surface?

Answer: it was dissolved in water, the water disappeared and the surface 
got 'red'.

To make iron dissolve in water you could conduct the following experiment:

Connect two iron rods in a water bucket (jar or bassin etc.) to a bridge 
rectifier and that to the electric power supply.

The water would bubble, get hot and build a brown flaky substance, which 
is iron oxide, floating in water.

If the water boils away, the surface would look like the Martian surface 
does.

(btw: a similar effect is observable in inner Australia, what is also 
predominantly red).



TH

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"liquid water, lots of of it," The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-01 11:50 -0700
  Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-01 16:38 -0700
    Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-02 21:31 -0700
      Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-02 21:40 -0700
        Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-03 13:24 -0700
  Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-07-04 06:53 +0200
    Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," T Guy <tim.bateman@redbridge.gov.uk> - 2016-07-05 09:42 -0700
      Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 14:46 -0700
        Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," T Guy <tim.bateman@redbridge.gov.uk> - 2016-07-06 13:45 -0700
          Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-07-06 18:32 -0700
      Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-07-05 22:31 -0600
      Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-07-06 05:27 -0700
    Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-11 23:55 -0700
      Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-07-12 02:11 -0700
        Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-07-12 10:56 +0000
          Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-07-12 12:42 -0700
            Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-07-13 04:47 -0700
              Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-07-13 18:53 -0700
  Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," Hägar <hsahm@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-16 09:45 -0700
    Re: "liquid water, lots of of it," The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-16 12:39 -0700

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