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Which got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald? (lemmy.world)
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[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Water molecules can't be in a liquid state, it's only the aggregate that's liquid. Therefore water molecules can't be wet.

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

A water molecule (singular) can't be in a liquid state. Water molecules (plural) can be in a liquid state. It's important to be precise with our language here

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A single water molecule cannot physically touch enough other water molecules for them to be considered liquid. It can touch water molecules which touch other water molecules, in aggregate making them a liquid, but that makes the water molecule itself part of the liquid, which means it cannot be wet.

[-] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

How many molecules need to be touching to be considered an aggregate?

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