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-----Original Message-----
From: John or Adrienne O'Leary <aoleary@bw.edu>
To: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>
Cc: Beth and Ken <BethKen@erols.com>; triumphs@autox.team.net
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, September 12, 1999 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: Coolant 50/50 vs. 100% water
>Hello all--As a lurker I will offer this as a possibility;in photo
>processing of black and white film years ago,a product called Photo Flow
>or PhotoFlo was used in the final rinse of the negative to help prevent
>water spots. If I remember correctly,this solution served to eliminate or
>reduce the surface tension of the water and prevented the meniscus
>of the water from forming and therfore was wetter. I wonder if this would
>word and if so might be less expensive? John O'Leary Berea Oh
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>On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Malcolm Walker wrote:
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>> On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Beth and Ken wrote:
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>> > Somebody suggested that I'd raise my boiling point by putting coolant
in.
>> > I'm running pure water in my VERY hot GT6+ right now because I am
>> > overheating and don't want to put the coolant into the environment. I
always
>> > thought the car woulkd run a few degrees cooler on pure water? What's
the
>> > deal?
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>> What I understand is:
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>> + Pure water transfers heat better than a 50-50 mix of antifreeze
>> (coolant) and water
>> + antifreeze lowers the freezing point (duh) and raises the boiling point
>> of water- ergo, you can put the coolant under more pressure and get it
>> hotter and it won't vaporize- it may also increase the heat latency of
the
>> water but I won't get into that, as it will bring bad flashbacks from
>> physics class
>> + A product called Water Wetter is reputed to do something magical to the
>> water molecules and make it "better" for cooling. You should probably
try
>> using this stuff before trying the glycol mix. I don't use it (doesn't
>> get very hot around here), but I think what it does is reduce the surface
>> tension of the water so it can conduct more heat away from the engine and
>> shed it faster into the radiator.
>>
>> (PLEASE NOTE: This is not an invitation to debate the pros and cons of
>> water, air, and heat transfer velocities with relation to air speed, flow
>> rates, thermostats, water pumps (electric, mechanical, and nuclear),
>> heater cores, apple cores, and dumped cores. Just in case anyone wanted
>> to start that thread again.)
>>
>> -Malcolm
>> * There is a FAQ for this list! Its new home is:
>> http://www.islandnet.com/~walker05/triumph/trfaq.htm
>>
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