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Old 08-01-2010, 03:48 AM   #103
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Originally Posted by shall1028 View Post
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.
It's truer to say that water is a liquid which is wet, rather than water is wet because it is a liquid. A "wet" liquid is one which "sticks" to things. Put something absorbent in water and it will soak it up, but not all liquids do this. Eg, mercury, although a room temperature liquid, is not wet. Pour mercury onto a piece of blotting paper and it will just roll right off again, with none being absorbed.

Water is wet because the water molecule easily forms what are called "hydrogen bonds", which make it "stick" to other things. It's this "stickiness" that makes it wet.
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