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Old 07-31-2010, 02:45 PM   #100
shall1028
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Depends what temperature it's at. It's only in the very restricted temperature range of around 0-100C that water is "wet". Unless you actually specify what phase the water is in, it's dangerous to generalise.
Perhaps 100c at sea level but less at higher altitudes. For that matter only if it is "pure".

Water: H2O as a liquid
Ice: H2O as a solid
Steam: H2O as a gas

Water is wet because it is a liquid. Once water ceases to be a liquid (i.e. solid or gaseous) it is no longer wet.

Just random thoughts off the top of my head. I reserve the right to be mistaken, wrong, off-topic or otherwise blowing smoke.
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