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[- NEWS -] When water isn't wet!
NEW YORK CITY-April 13, 2004 — A new chemical concocted by scientists at the Tyco's Fire and Security Division looks and acts just like water except for one thing... it doesn't get things wet.
During Tuesday's Good Morning America, a representative of Tyco Fire and Security displayed the amazing properties of the chemical that's called "Sapphire."
The chemical has all the firefighting properties of water, yet it will not cause the damage to items that is usually associated with water.
As part of a demonstration, Pelton submerged several items into a tank of Sapphire that was on the Good Morning America set. Books did not get wet. Electronics were not be destroyed. Items that were submerged in the liquid were dried in a matter of seconds, and showed no ill effects according to Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer and other members of the Good Morning America staff who saw items plunged into it.
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wow thats cool.
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Wow Thats amazing! but wonder what sorta posibilities this will lead to....:hmm:
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Weirest news of the week...
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I can't wait to have a swimming pool filled with it! This is just like my dream of swimming in mercury (but I won't because I would be dead within the week!!). It would be so cool to be able to jump in and not have to bring a towel (sorry, towelie!)
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Originally Posted by WorkShed
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Originally Posted by WorkShed
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There have been reports of people swimming in Mercury (most have died)
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Originally Posted by WorkShed
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04-19-2004, 05:09 PM #11
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They mention this as a firefighting tool. I wonder how much it will cost. I've seen fires that required thousands of gallons of water. This stuff would have to be cheap to replace water. Remember the first Matrix movie when the sprinklers went off in the skyscraper, and there was like an inch of water on the ground and it was pouring out the window? How much of this stuff would be required to do the same job?
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is that a portable tv?
if so, that is awesome! i want one!
(of course i doubt it.. the cord is hidden somewhere)"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
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Originally Posted by radstar
Fed7haSShe's just too pretty for Hollywood. I don't know, put her in a glass box and display her at the Metropolitan Museum of Art or something. - Jake on the topic of Scarlett Johansson.
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04-23-2004, 08:26 PM #14
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i imagine you could drink it.. dunno what it would do to your inner workings though
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lol...wouldn't make them wet
I'm sure it's toxic, it's probably octofluorotrichlorohydrophophooctalase
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