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- fkr3, on 10/11/2007, -2/+62Does blood really boil in space or are you just trying to scare me from completing my spaceship?
- elev, on 10/11/2007, -6/+27pV=nRT
When comparing ice on this "Strange Alien Planet" with ice on Earth V, n, and R remain constant while p increases, therefore T must increase, leaving us with hot ice.
It's just like how your blood boils in space. - stevenvh, on 10/11/2007, -3/+21@elev:
erm, pV=nRT only applies to ideal gases.
About your blood boiling :-), the boiling temperature of liquids decreases with decreasing pressure. Look up "phase diagrams". - knivesdev, on 10/11/2007, -2/+20vanilla ice is hot too
- Elohir, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11If they find Ice IX, I'm building a bunker.
- fkr3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9So I need a wheel thingy to turn to increase pressure.
Cheers - Smokersroom, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9It doesn't boil, as the blood is artificially kept under pressure by the surrounding tissue mass.
Astronauts have in the past spent up to 30 seconds totally depressurized, either in tests or through human error, and survived perfectly healthy. - boogachamp, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8"There are a variety of exotic 'hot ice' states possible in such conditions, with names like 'Ice VII' and 'Ice X'."
awesome - Tallon29, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8I don't know, Sparks. But I guess I'd say if it is just us... seems like an awful waste of space.
- kevyn, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8am i the only one who read that as 'hot ice cream' ?
- silverchrysalis, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10they're going to find life out there someday, somehow... we can't be the only ones
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4universes biggiest hot spring
- venom8599, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Hot ice, eh? Sounds a bit like Ocarina of Time... We just need to melt it with the cool, refreshing, blue fire.
- rexCo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I did and was severely disappointed when I read the article.
- sjbdallas, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Nope, I read the exactly same thing. Funny how many of us read it that way. I was trying to figure out if hot=melted or hot=spicy.
- jubilee123, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3keep reading this as ice cream.. shame
- savingthecity, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Ok, now they're just making ***** up.
- cortie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3This is the most killer thing I've read in a long time.
Hot ice planet! YEAH! - Bega, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3boiling happens when the system pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure. So I suppose you could say that in space, with no protection, your body would undergo a rapid phase change reaction to an equilibrium, hence the blood would boil (if indeed it does, I wouldn't be surprised if it did, just not sure).
- Ozeki, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Did anyone else first read "Strange alien world made of "hot ice" and cream.
Just asking... - relic2279, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Look up space myths. Your blood boiling in space is a myth. As well as exploding etc.. An astronaut actually had his left hand depressurized and exposed to spaces vacuum and continuted his work.. His hand was basically in spaces vacuum for like 10 mins with no ill effects except numbness for a few hours. Google "Space Myths"
- forethree2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Vonnegut was an alien; he wrote about this planet.
- OverkillTASF, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Hot ice! You heat up... the ice cubes! It's the best of both worlds!
- bloobloo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@Harbinger67: elev has got his use of the ideal gas law wrong.
It's the fact that vapour pressure increases with temperature as can be seen at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapour_pressure#Water_vapor_pressure that means that at high pressures you'll get water boiling at a higher temperature. - oslointhesummer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Kurt Vonnegut anyone?
Ice Nine = The End Of The World As We Know It - ElbridgeGerry, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Damnit, Ice-Nine! GET OUT!
- mdc10s, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1When i first read this headline, I thought it said planet full of hot ice cream!
- owenleej, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I was thinking the same thing. Alas, no ice cream.
- CingleMolt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Uh oh...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_IX - jmkiii, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If you say this in a country accent it's "..made of 'hot ass' and steam."
- Jonsey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2If we *Digg down*, we can go swimming!
- r00tus3r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Sounds like the introduction to a porn flick ... :/
- UrbanVoyeur, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'm still waiting for the planet made of ice cream.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2wrong found be may oh Barbera unicorn the it Firefox Streisand Ice-XI.
- mlvassallo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"exotic hot ice"?
Why does that sound sexy? - stealthc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It would be like Hoth, without having to sleep inside a tauntaun! Sweet!
- stevenvh, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2@harbinger:
"The general idea behind PV=nRT is the same as the one behind phase diagrams. In your attempt to appear intelligent, you have only succeeded in being redundant."
The ideal gas law doesn't say anything about phase transitions, and as far as I remember boiling is a phase transition, so they're 2 different things.
Steven (desperately trying not to appear intelligent) - PURDooM, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Doesn't everything turn to liquid at some temprature? Like iorn, it is just solid until it reaches some really high temprature?
If it is ice and it is hot, it should melt or it is not ice. - Blobster2005, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Instead of Hot Ice & Steam - I read it quickly as Ice Cream!
Oh well - carry on the dream........ - obrysii, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Buried as inaccurate. There is nothing hot about a planet.
/sarcasm
The so-called "Hot Jupiter" planet would also be made of "hot ice" I would imagine--all of the gas giants are mostly ices, after all. Just not mostly water ice. - Harbinger67, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2@stevenvh
The general idea behind PV=nRT is the same as the one behind phase diagrams. In your attempt to appear intelligent, you have only succeeded in being redundant. - stealthduke, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2dugg down cause I want to go swimming
- dude199, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3wow this planet is better than uranus
- Varz, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1The center of the Earth is actually solid iron even though it's hot enough to be a liquid.
- csonnet, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0anything possible
- clackerd, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0that would explain how stitch learned to surf so well on earth. if you've ever paddled out into a 300 degree half liquid/half solid water reef break, you know what i am talking about.
- mrminty, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0When will the spa monsters come from the spa planet to take us over?
I for one welcome our hot and soothing conquerors. - Leefa, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0....I don't pay very much attention in chemistry
- mykos, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1They can't give a definitive answer about what's in the core of the planet under their noses, and yet they speculate and draw a cross section of a planet light years away.
- csonnet, on 10/11/2007, -4/+0it maybe a wrong found
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