In space what ocurres with water? Does it freeze or evaporate?
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Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Better is Acetic acid
Water itself is also fine. In space what ocurres with water? Does it freeze or evaporate?
lengau@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Pulptastic@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Depends on temperature and pressure. This diagram doesn’t go that low, but I would guess it’s a solid in the near vacuum of space based on what I know of space ice like Saturns rings and comet tails.
sonori@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
Depends on how far out it is from the nearest star. Inside the orbit of jupiter exposed ice will sublimate into steam thanks to heating from sunlight, outside it remains ice. This is actually what a comet is, namely a ball of ice from the outer solar system orbiting in close to the sun and sublimating off. The steam is so loosely bound thanks to the tiny gravity of the comet that the solar wind blows it away, creating the visable tail.
Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
can@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
That’s just the tip an apple. Don’t you dare try to tell me otherwise.
rbesfe@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
The vacuum would cause it to evaporate, but since the higher energy molecules escape first it would freeze and then sublimate to nothing