Hello all--As a lurker I will offer this as a possibility;in photo
processing of black and white film years ago,a product called Photo Flow
or PhotoFlo was used in the final rinse of the negative to help prevent
water spots. If I remember correctly,this solution served to eliminate or
reduce the surface tension of the water and prevented the meniscus
of the water from forming and therfore was wetter. I wonder if this would
word and if so might be less expensive? John O'Leary Berea Oh
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Malcolm Walker wrote:
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> On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Beth and Ken wrote:
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> > Somebody suggested that I'd raise my boiling point by putting coolant in.
> > I'm running pure water in my VERY hot GT6+ right now because I am
> > overheating and don't want to put the coolant into the environment. I always
> > thought the car woulkd run a few degrees cooler on pure water? What's the
> > deal?
>
> What I understand is:
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> + Pure water transfers heat better than a 50-50 mix of antifreeze
> (coolant) and water
> + antifreeze lowers the freezing point (duh) and raises the boiling point
> of water- ergo, you can put the coolant under more pressure and get it
> hotter and it won't vaporize- it may also increase the heat latency of the
> water but I won't get into that, as it will bring bad flashbacks from
> physics class
> + A product called Water Wetter is reputed to do something magical to the
> water molecules and make it "better" for cooling. You should probably try
> using this stuff before trying the glycol mix. I don't use it (doesn't
> get very hot around here), but I think what it does is reduce the surface
> tension of the water so it can conduct more heat away from the engine and
> shed it faster into the radiator.
>
> (PLEASE NOTE: This is not an invitation to debate the pros and cons of
> water, air, and heat transfer velocities with relation to air speed, flow
> rates, thermostats, water pumps (electric, mechanical, and nuclear),
> heater cores, apple cores, and dumped cores. Just in case anyone wanted
> to start that thread again.)
>
> -Malcolm
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