Somewhere I read of a test of Water Wetter - It said it did nothing to
help. My school chemistry is a bit vague but I would like someone to
explain why it works - I sort of wonder if it is in the same class as the
"magnetic fuel saver" thingy that "disperses" hydrocarbon clusters as
advertised on the JC Whitney catalog (disperses? - yes, right!). The only
thing that I can think of is that it reduces the surface tension but such
action would give only minute benefit! And advertising means nothings
either - just look at the STP stuff with endorsements all over the place -
and it does nothing apparently.
One thing I can remember is that anything dissolved in water will increase
the boiling point of the water. I believe this also applies to colloids
but not sure if it is to the same degree
At 11:26 AM 4/25/2003 -0500, Barney Gaylord wrote:
>At 07:33 AM 4/25/03 -0500, Paul Root wrote:
> >....
> >You might want to think of some Water Wetter, or running a weaker mix of
> >anti-freeze. As we've discussed before on this list, anti-freeze actually
> >lowers the boiling point of water. It's the rust inhibitors you want most.
>
>Sorry, but someone needs to correct that statement pronto. Mixing
>permanent antifreeze into water actually increases the boiling point of the
>coolant.
>
>It does however decrease the specific heat of the fluid, meaning that it
>will carry less heat energy for a given temperature rise. This means that
>the coolant temperature may have to run a little higher to carry away
>enough heat to keep the engine cool if the cooling system is marginal and
>cannot handle the heat flow within the thermostat temperature limit.
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
>http://MGAguru.com
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
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