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..." and the winner of the most absorbent things is..............."
« Reply #20 on: 12/05/2007 04:55:38 »
H*LL That's the problem, it's not alive >>LOL HEE HEE HEE!
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..." and the winner of the most absorbent things is..............."
« Reply #21 on: 12/05/2007 08:31:08 »
Quote from: JimBob on 11/05/2007 21:00:02
In the US they are selling a towel-like material that is supposed to absorb (25x?) as much as a sponge. They have this LOUD salesman talking about it so I sure it out if it comes on one of the programs I am watching. Next time it comes on again I'll write it down and post it.
Yes, there also exists toys (a friend of me bought a little crocodile) made of cellulose, which absorbs a great amount of water becoming much bigger! I don't remember how much, maybe more than 100 times the initial weight.
She put that little crocodile (~10 cm) in the bath tube and after some hours it became half a metre!
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« Reply #22 on: 12/05/2007 11:44:43 »
oh yes we sell those at work. they say they get to be six hundred times their original size
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« Reply #23 on: 12/05/2007 12:39:24 »
Now the more interesting thing.. What DO you do at work? [;)]
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« Reply #24 on: 12/05/2007 20:36:35 »
IIRC human brains are very fatty so I suspect they would make lousy sponges.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/8107/superabsorbe.html
gives lots of stuff about absorbant materials
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« Reply #25 on: 13/05/2007 04:53:45 »
i'm a manager/supervisory person at a store
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« Reply #26 on: 13/05/2007 06:42:42 »
Yes And she loves her job!
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« Reply #27 on: 13/05/2007 06:52:01 »
Quote from: Bored chemist on 12/05/2007 20:36:35
IIRC human brains are very fatty so I suspect they would make lousy sponges.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/8107/superabsorbe.html
gives lots of stuff about absorbant materials

Cool site Bored chemist! Nice music.. Love, love will keep us together, think of me babe, whenever some sweet talking with mysterious eyes . just STOP cause I really love you ! Stop I'll be thinking of you .....
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