A thread about hydration, #ADHD and ducks*.

A lot of you are saying "But April, water is boring! It's so hard to remember boring stuff"

Strap in kids...

* no ducks, sorry.

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Water is known by the molecular formula H2O, which means 2 atoms of Hydrogen to one of Oxygen.

Oxygen has 8 protons and Hydrogen 1, so water has 10 protons in total per molecule (8+1+1).

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Oxygen atoms are electronegative and have 6 valence (outer shell) electrons and attract the electrons in the Hydrogen via a covalent bond.

This allows oxygen to reach a stable configuration of 8 electrons in the outer shell by sharing 2 electrons from the hydrogen atoms.

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Water has a freezing point of 32F or 0C, and a boiling point of 212F or 100C (at sea level). If you aren't sure what sea level is, find an ocean.

The Celsius scale deliberately uses the freezing and boiling points of water because water is cool.

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Up to 60% of the human body is comprised made of water, except for ADHDers - BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DRINKING ENOUGH AND WILL TURN INTO A PRUNE.

Ahem...

{seriously get a drink now}

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In steam (water vapor), there's more heat energy so the molecules are further apart bouncing around like hyperactive little badger, badger, badgers...

Lower the temperature and molecules have less energy, are closer together. Being under-stimulated is terrible, right?

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But the denser something is, the heavier, right? So why is the ice floating in your drink?

Well, here's where it gets more weird. As you approach 0C (freezing), things get denser, and heavier, but once it goes below 4C, it gets goofy and starts to expand again.

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This is because the positive Hydrogen nuclei come into play exert a force which repels and causes the molecules to settle into a stable lattice structure.

This structure spaces out the atoms more than the liquid state above 4C, and since it is less dense, ice floats.

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Speaking of density. Why does stuff look weird when you look through your glass of water?

Water is more dense than air, and as light passes between densities, it is refracted, this changes the path of the light as it transits the boundary, thus distorting the image.

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Interestingly, this transition affects light differently depending on wavelength, so can act as a prism and change the path of different wavelengths of light by differing amounts.

This is called dispersion.

Without water you'd be dead and would not have rainbows.

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The Earths surface is approximately 71% water, but accounts for approximately 0.02 percent of it's mass. The amount of water on the Earth has remained relatively static for billions of years.

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It changes state, and goes through cycles of evaporation, condensation and precipitation. There's water in the air you breathe, BUT NOT ENOUGH INSIDE OF YOU.

DRINK MORE WATER.

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People who worry about drinking water from filtration plants make me smile, because you've probably drunk former dinosaur pee a million times over.

Skipping a number because this is apparently unlucky?

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Finally, water is also essential for delivering nutrients to the brain and for removing toxins. When the brain is fully hydrated, the exchange of nutrients and toxins is more efficient, ensuring better concentration and mental alertness.

This is a good thing.

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Let's appreciate water.

- It's part of you.
- It helps you function.
- It makes rainbows.
- Ice is just plain weird and good in drinks.
- What other molecule inspired a temperature scale?
- On Earth, having it is a pretty big deal.

So drink a big toast to water.

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Disclaimer.

I created this thread to entertain, based on my addled high school brain, googling and a little creative license.

The goal is to get you to drink some water.

Please do that for me.

Water is awesome.



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