2006-09-04 14:32:37 · 4 answers · asked by andyheretic 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Probably not, but then, wouldn't he be surprised that right now they're starting to install the very first data-over-AC hookups? Ya need an adapter, but it's a little close to home? If ya can't beat the RF choke, go around the RF choke...
2006-09-04 14:40:54 · answer #1 · answered by Like An Ibis 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ICE-9 will cause water to freeze at room temperature and so should be kept only in top secret government labs!! see Kurt Vonnegut, Cats Cradle.
But sadly Kurt was not a chemist.
From Wikipedia:
The author Vonnegut credits the invention of ice-nine to Irving Langmuir, who pioneered the study of thin films and interfaces. While working in the public relations office at General Electric, Vonnegut came across a story of how Langmuir, who won the 1932 Nobel Prize for his work at General Electric, was charged with the responsibility of entertaining the author, H.G. Wells, who was visiting the company in the early 1930’s. Langmuir is said to have come up with an idea about a form of solid water that was stable at room temperature in the hopes that Wells might be inspired to write a story about it. Apparently, Wells was not inspired and neither he nor Langmuir ever published anything about it. After Langmuir and Wells had died, Vonnegut decided to use the idea in his book, Cat’s Cradle
2006-09-04 21:44:34 · answer #2 · answered by bubsir 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a phase of water called ice-nine (see link), but it doesn't possess the properties of the material in the book (which I haven't read)
2006-09-05 02:30:04 · answer #3 · answered by b_physics_guy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
???
2006-09-04 21:33:58 · answer #4 · answered by Rajan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋