Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!3comvax!bnrmtv!amdahl!ems From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) Newsgroups: net.sci Subject: Re: Question about Electricity Message-ID: <2223@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 13:33:49 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.2223 Posted: Tue Nov 12 13:33:49 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 00:22:50 EST References: <621@hlwpc.UUCP> <662@petrus.UUCP> <714@alberta.UUCP> <2358@ukma.UUCP> <333@mit-eddie.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Circle C Shellfish Ranch, Shores-of-the-Pacific, Ca Lines: 23 > In article <2358@ukma.UUCP> slg@ukma.UUCP (Sean Gilley) writes: > > > > Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity. The reason you need to > >be careful with electricity around water is that the minerals in solution > >within the water are conductors. > > > This is not quite correct. Pure water (H2O) DOES conduct elecricity. > However, the conductivity is sufficiently low that it can often be > ignored. What causes aqueous solutions to be conductive is the ions > which present in the solution. ... Hmmm. Sounds like a semiconductor. I can see it now, the next 'wave' in chips. Fluidics! No. NO. Thats been taken. Er, ah, Fluitronics!! No. no. Too hard to read... How about: aquaware !! no. sounds like a swimsuit. Hurumph. Maybe this idea is just all wet... -- E. Michael Smith ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems 'If you can dream it, you can do it' Walt Disney This is the obligatory disclaimer of everything. (Including but not limited to: typos, spelling, diction, logic, and nuclear war)