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Is water wet?

Is water wet?

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Soyuxin said:
No, liquid water itself is not wet, it makes other objectives wet because the liquid sticks on the surface - what we describe as wet.

Oldest beginner question in any chemistry course I think.
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^ this
 
I'm sure some of the argumentative assholes on this site will be happy to chime in.
 
by the definition of wet being "covered or saturated with water or another liquid" water is wet.
 
In its liquid form water is wet.
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www.merriam-webster.com

Definition of WET

consisting of, containing, covered with, or soaked with liquid (such as water); containing appreciable quantities of readily condensable hydrocarbons; rainy… See the full definition
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Since the concept of being "wet" is an observation due to a liquid stimuli wouldn't that mean for something to be "wet it must be touched by something to recognize that it is wet? In other words since water is not conscious like we are it cant be wet until we (the conscious) touch it.
 
The body composition of German Shepherds may have very high levels of water because they get a lot of people wet.

I include myself in it ??
 
Water is not wet, but it can make other things wet: Whether water is wet is more of a definitional argument than anything else. If you believe the dictionary definition of wetness, then water is wet.
 
Water is not wet because wetness arises from the interaction between a liquid and a solid surface. In other words, wetness is a property that occurs when water or another liquid comes into contact with a solid object.
And as such water nor any other liquid in and of themselves alone can not be wet .the-more-you-know-know.gif
 
How nice to see that some people here have basic or advanced knowledge about chemistry! Question about "wet water" seems pretty common, one professor in 1st year of my study tried to confuse my colleagues as well 💦
 
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Soyuxin said:
No, liquid water itself is not wet, it makes other objectives wet because the liquid sticks on the surface - what we describe as wet.

Oldest beginner question in any chemistry course I think.
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Based physical chemistry affirmation
 
Carandae said:
"Don't let this touch anything wet."
Should I keep it away from water?
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well since water is not wet technically no , but once it comes into contact with water , it , itself would become wet . so i guess at that point you would have to keep the object away from itself ...... lol 😁
 
x51 said:
well since water is not wet technically no , but once it comes into contact with water , it , itself would become wet . so i guess at that point you would have to keep the object away from itself ...... lol 😁
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So I should wash my 10 pound block of sodium in the shower with me?
 
Yuri1944 said:
Naohhhh, it's a basic idea
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Sounds like it'll be a blast! (I was up way way too late purifying 1, 4, dioxane, ironically the sole purpose of making it was to clean my stock of sodium, which will be used to make more sodium, life can be painfully circular at times when you think about it)
 
OffgridK9lover said:
Sounds like it'll be a blast! (I was up way way too late purifying 1, 4, dioxane, ironically the sole purpose of making it was to clean my stock of sodium, which will be used to make more sodium, life can be painfully circular at times when you think about it)
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That sounds quite a hassle. I'm not personally fond of working with dioxane or sodium...
 
Yuri1944 said:
That sounds quite a hassle. I'm not personally fond of working with dioxane or sodium...
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Sodium is fun, easy to handle, the dioxane though, I never imagined any thing more tedious to synthesize, horrible yields tons of work up and painfully slow to distill. but my set up was more complicated than need be, suspect unwanted refluxing lent to making more aldahyde than dioxane

So first time making it vs buying, so will try a better set up and see.
 
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