Reduced water surface tension?

freecableguy · 08-28-2004, 03:19 PM

http://www.antioxidantfoods.com/HydraCel_details.html

Anyone think this will do the job without adding a lot of unecessary chemicals to your loop?

pHaestus · 08-28-2004, 03:49 PM

nanominerals that reduce surface tension eh?
I would pass (but I just use antifreeze and don't worry about it)

sevisehda · 08-28-2004, 05:36 PM

Doesn't soap also reduce the surface tension of water?

I remember the experiment where you dipped a pin is soad the touched the pin to a small drop of water then the drop would "expand" laterally over the surface. I may be wrong, chemistry isn't my field/

bobkoure · 08-29-2004, 07:47 AM

I know that fire depts sometimes add surface tension reducing agents to water so it's better at putting out fires - and farmers sometimes do the same to improve root water uptake - but I have never heard of doing this to drinking water to improve cellular water absorption.
I suppose that if I have a bacterial infection I should drink bleach? IMHO, the same sort of reasoning...
There may actually be some beneficial effect - although I'd guess it was more in just getting folks to pay attention to getting hydrated.
Not that I'm any good at it - particularly when I'm traveling on a motorcycle. I stopped at a snack bar at the end of one day, bought a liter container of lemonade, drank that, bought another, drank half that and finally decided I'd had enough. Wonder how close to dehydrated and stupid I was (erm... make that "dehydrated and more stupid")...?

08-28-2004, 03:19 PM	#1
freecableguy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Silverdale, WA Posts: 16	Reduced water surface tension? http://www.antioxidantfoods.com/HydraCel_details.html Anyone think this will do the job without adding a lot of unecessary chemicals to your loop? __________________ Intel P4 3.4EE ES @ 3.92Ghz (245x16) Abit IC7-MAX3 w/custom VTT mod 2GB (4x512MB) Corsair XMS3500C2 v1.1 [BH-5] @ DDR490, 2-2-2-5 ATI X800 XT PE @ 615/585 on NEC MultiSync FP2141SB SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Dual 36GB SATA WD Raptors RAID 0 & Single WD 120GB SATA HDD Custom TEC Watercooled Lian-Li PC-70 PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 ATX-PFC

08-28-2004, 03:49 PM	#2
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	nanominerals that reduce surface tension eh? I would pass (but I just use antifreeze and don't worry about it) __________________ Getting paid like a biker with the best crank... -MF DOOM

08-28-2004, 05:36 PM	#3
sevisehda Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: NY Posts: 234	Doesn't soap also reduce the surface tension of water? I remember the experiment where you dipped a pin is soad the touched the pin to a small drop of water then the drop would "expand" laterally over the surface. I may be wrong, chemistry isn't my field/ __________________ CPU: Barton2500 @ 2.43 ghz MB: NF7S Rev2 RAM: 2x 256mb Kingston HyperX 3500 HD's: 2x 160gb SATA RAID GPU: Sapphire X800Pro VIVO -> XT Plat(softmod) 520/590

08-29-2004, 07:47 AM	#4
bobkoure Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: USA - Boston area Posts: 798	I know that fire depts sometimes add surface tension reducing agents to water so it's better at putting out fires - and farmers sometimes do the same to improve root water uptake - but I have never heard of doing this to drinking water to improve cellular water absorption. I suppose that if I have a bacterial infection I should drink bleach? IMHO, the same sort of reasoning... There may actually be some beneficial effect - although I'd guess it was more in just getting folks to pay attention to getting hydrated. Not that I'm any good at it - particularly when I'm traveling on a motorcycle. I stopped at a snack bar at the end of one day, bought a liter container of lemonade, drank that, bought another, drank half that and finally decided I'd had enough. Wonder how close to dehydrated and stupid I was (erm... make that "dehydrated and more stupid")...?

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