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Subject: Will liquid water freeze or boil/vaporize in deep space?

Date: Sun Jul 3 13:33:35 2005
Posted by Bob
Grade level: grad (science) School: University of Toronto
City: Toronto State/Province: ON Country: Canada
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1120415615.Ch
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From a hypothetical perspective, if one could bring a water gun into deep 
space and fire it, would it shoot a stream that froze and travel along or 
would its stream vaporize upon exiting the pressurized nozzle prior to 
freezing?
This has been a point of debate, especially after reading the post at 
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/may2000/959189502.Ph.r.html which states 
that water being ejected from a shuttle freezes.  I was under the impression 
it freezes as an icy mist, not solid drops.



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