the "ask crazychemgirl a question" thread

[crazychemgirl]

Do you think there is only one temperature for steam?

I imagine, and that's a pretty wide statement, steam has a varied temperature range and while yes, the lower temperatures are likely to form condensation, but perhaps, and I'm going out on a limb here, high pressure might stop condensation, thus keeping it in a gaseous state. Thereby allowing the water vapor to sublimate from a gas directly into a solid (ice) or perhaps, the high pressure stops any transition at all and allows the gas to remain a gas even below it's freezing point?

You can only go to certain high pressure before everything begins to collapse.

 

[LWulf]

You can only go to certain high pressure before everything begins to collapse.

If you mean solids become gaseous, thus "breaking down", yes, I understand that, which is what I recall occurs in a black hole (high pressure/ no release). I was trying to think on that level for what is going on inside a black hole to prompt a "big boing" event and thus using steamboy's explanation to extrapolate why space is so cold (a high pressure release of a "gas" (or at that level perhaps "quanta" would be a better term?) from a high pressure to a low pressure environment).

However, you said that steamboy's quote was more drama than fact, so...

 

[crazychemgirl]

I say a lot of things... Lol

 

[Rigger287]

Why has my wife always been sexually repressed? If it isn't straight touching or kissing she calls it perverted and disgusting!

 

[crazychemgirl]

Why has my wife always been sexually repressed? If it isn't straight touching or kissing she calls it perverted and disgusting!

I blame the way she was raised or her religion.... Some people are taught that their sexual urges are wrong, and that they should feel disgusted. I never understood that, personally.

 

[Acktion]

not really.... I'm kind of traditional. I like my men to be men.. hairy, rough around the edges, in boxer briefs..

That's got to be the kindest thing anyone has ever said in my hearing! *sniff*

 

[crazychemgirl]

That's got to be the kindest thing anyone has ever said in my hearing! *sniff*

lol... ok.

 

[RunningJib]

Please explain

Please explain PV=mRT

I once was a chemistry major and was told that I'd never forget the above equation. But I have--should I sue my instructors?

 

[crazychemgirl]

Please explain PV=mRT

I once was a chemistry major and was told that I'd never forget the above equation. But I have--should I sue my instructors?

it's PV=nRT

and it's the ideal gas law... so it rarely happens in practice.

P = pressure
V = volume
n = number of moles
R = Boltzmann constant
T = temperature


so basically it says that pressure and volume are proportional to number of moles and temperature

 

[TwoShades]

Where do you find those incredibly sexy finger-fucking GIFs?

(apologies if this is a repeat)

 

[RunningJib]

Why is it all about the boobs?

Why is it all about the boobs?

 

[crazychemgirl]

Where do you find those incredibly sexy finger-fucking GIFs?

(apologies if this is a repeat)

usually tumblr

Why is it all about the boobs?

cuz boobs are fucking phenomenal.

 

[Noor]

Dear chemgirljaime,

Will psychedelic water color paint wash off a car that no longer has it's clear coating?

I was thinking something along these lines, JJ car.

Thanks,

Noor

 

[crazychemgirl]

Dear chemgirljaime,

Will psychedelic water color paint wash off a car that no longer has it's clear coating?

I was thinking something along these lines, JJ car.

Thanks,

Noor

probably not .. paint adheres to paint. You could try taking some off with a small test patch.. and then see what happens... it might remove all the paint though.

 

[Noor]

probably not .. paint adheres to paint. You could try taking some off with a small test patch.. and then see what happens... it might remove all the paint though.

Oh darn!
(spoiler alert if you haven't seen the 2nd Thomas Crown Affair do not click link)
I was fantasying this around 5:08

 

[crazychemgirl]

Oh darn!
(spoiler alert if you haven't seen the 2nd Thomas Crown Affair do not click link)
I was fantasying this around 5:08

I always loved that scene... and the one where she is dancing in a basically see through dress.

 

[Noor]

I always loved that scene... and the one where she is dancing in a basically see through dress.

Me too! How about washable finger paints?

 

[crazychemgirl]

Me too! How about washable finger paints?

I still don't think so... I think the key here is that there is no top coat...

 

[islandman]

Have you seen the curvy thread lately?

 

[Noor]

I still don't think so... I think the key here is that there is no top coat...

yep, that was my worry, thanks!

 

[crazychemgirl]

Have you seen the curvy thread lately?

no.. why, should I?

yep, that was my worry, thanks!

no problem!

 

[Byron In Exile]

Oh darn!
(spoiler alert if you haven't seen the 2nd Thomas Crown Affair do not click link)
I was fantasying this around 5:08

Epic.

 

[ibdeep1]

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[crazychemgirl]

They say they are salting the slopes in Sochi to help the snow freeze in the warm weather. If it's helping the snow freeze and solidify, why would they put salt on icy roads?

it's chemically manipulated salt, which creates a thin layer of water that freezes after contact with the existing snow, forming a slick surface.

 

[Daniel_Hart]

Dear Chemgirljamie

What is the difference between dark matter and dark energy?

Cheers

Daniel