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I'm pretty sure that if you could add water to something other than water to get more water than you had before, that would violate the law of conservation of m
by kyllo 13y ago
I'm pretty sure that if you could add water to something other than water to get more water than you had before, that would violate the law of conservation of matter.
- deckar01 13y agoI remember an experiment where the result of a chemical reaction between two substances had a lower volume than the sum of the original substances. The weight of the resulting compound is the same, but the new bonds keep the particles closer together.
- Dylan16807 13y agoYou don't even need a reaction for that. Mix a liter of water with a liter of ethanol.
- JimmyBeaemmy 13y agoIf you add water to Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate (a powder at room temperature), you get more water than you had before... This will work with any hydrated salt... For instance, dissolve 150 grams of fully hydrated magnesium chloride in 100mL of water, and you will end up with 185mL of water.