Water
By: B.J. Knapp
Series: Materials science -- v. 8; NATO conference series -- v. 8.
Publisher: Atlantic Europe
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Henley-on-Thames
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781862143227
Subjects: Water; Juvenile literature
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The water cycle; title: A transporting medium; title: A chemical; title: Physical properties of water; title: The nature of water molecules; title: Hydrogen bonding; title: Radioactive water; title: States of water; title: Changing between states; title: Evaporation and condensation; title: Boiling; title: Making uses of changes of state; title: Physical properties of liquid water; title: Surface tension; title: Capillarity; title: Immiscibility; title: Waterproofing and wetting agents; title: Soap and detergents; title: Compressibility and hydraulics; title: Viscosity; title: Heat conduction and storage; title: Hydraulic power generation; title: Putting out fires; title: Convection of heat; title: Buoyancy; title: Sound; title: Diffusion and stirring; title: Osmosis; title: The universal solvent; title: Why water is not quite "a universal solvent"; title: Water at high temperature and pressure; title: Conducting electricity; title: Introducing medicines to the blood; title: Pure liquids and mixed liquids; title: Surface removal of dissolved substances; title: Water reactions that give out heat; title: Water reactions with metal; title: Hard water; title: Breaking up water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen; title: Hydration; title: Acid water.