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----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Moomaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Planetary Sciences Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "ISSDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jupiter List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Europa Icepick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 10:03 PM Subject: Two elementary science questions... > > ...which I need to ask, given my chaotic self-education in the sciences and > my inability to find anything on them in my home and Web references: > > (1) Just what is it about the bonding of water molecules that allows water > to absorb such great amounts of heat energy with a minimal change in > temperature? Specifically, how do they wiggle in such a way that they store > the heat energy without increasing their kinetic energy? > > (2) Is it possible -- as Ed Kite said in a recent message -- for oxygen > bubbles to actually sink when they're below below a certain depth in > Europa's ocean? I've always assumed that gaseous oxygen under such > pressures would still have a much lower density than liquid water. > > == > You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/ > == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
