tk2kewl
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Wed Dec-27-06 03:25 PM
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Anyone know how much a gallon of JELLO weighs? |
The Velveteen Ocelot
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Wed Dec-27-06 03:39 PM
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1. Not offhand, but maybe somebody could make a gallon of it and weight it? |
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Wed Dec-27-06 03:40 PM
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2. Do you suppose it's heavier or lighter than water? |
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Wed Dec-27-06 03:44 PM
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3. I think it's probably heavier, with all that sugar and horse's hooves. |
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And I think it sinks before it melts, but I don't have any right now to experiment with. The more interesting question would be whether Jello would be heavier than water if you made it with jet fuel.
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Wed Dec-27-06 03:46 PM
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5. Lighter - plus, you'd get more lift. |
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Wed Dec-27-06 04:16 PM
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9. It is slightly less dense than water. |
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Not enough difference to affect its buoyancy very much. Water is more dense (being a liquid) than the gelatin (essentially a non-crystalline organic solid) which forms its semisolid matrix. Therefore an volume of water compared to an equal volume of gelatin is heavier (and thus more dense) than the gelatin. Of course, because the proportion of gel molecules to water is extremely small, the gel makes up only a slight fraction of the whole mixture, which means that the difference in density is very slight.
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Wed Dec-27-06 03:45 PM
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4. Depends on the gravity, temperature, and pressure. |
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Wed Dec-27-06 03:49 PM
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6. 1 gal plain jello is 8 pounds on a publix deli scale. |
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we did a scientific test - 2 like bowls - weigh the empty bowl and weigh the one with the jello and subtract the bowl.
It was part of a lesson on weights and measures we did with our homeschooled foster kids.
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Wed Dec-27-06 04:08 PM
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And I'll prove it.
Weight is an expression of the force of a mass in a gravity field. Thus, on Earth, which has a non-trivial gravity field, all objects possessing mass have weight. But there is always room for Jell-O, and while Jell-O on visual inspection possesses a finite volume, in order for there to always be room for Jell-O, there must be essentially no massive matter within that volume. Since weight is dependent on mass (not volume), and since the Jell-O must be essentially massless for there to always be room for it, it has no weight.
Right?
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Wed Dec-27-06 08:31 PM
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There's always room for Jell-O; therefore it has no mass, and no weight. So what would happen to Jell-O in a black hole?
There may be a Ph.D. thesis in this: The Physics of Jell-O.
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Thu Dec-28-06 11:21 AM
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If an object with zero mass falls into an unopposable gravity well of zero volume (a singularity)? Hmm. I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure a bowl of petunias and a sperm whale are involved somehow.
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Thu Dec-28-06 11:59 AM
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16. Just point the Improbability Drive at the bowl of massless Jell-O, |
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throw the switch and see what you get.
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Wed Dec-27-06 04:16 PM
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8. If I recall water is about 7 lbs to the gallon so if it were sugar sweetened |
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I would guess some bit above 7 lbs. I think a package that makes a quart of jello weighs about 3 or 4 ounces so go from there.
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Wed Dec-27-06 07:13 PM
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10. A gallon is a gallon no matter what it is.... |
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Wed Dec-27-06 08:28 PM
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A gallon of water weighs about 8.3 lbs., a gallon of gasoline weighs slightly over 6 lbs., a gallon of jet fuel weighs 6.7 lbs., a gallon of blood weighs about 6 lbs., and a gallon of ink weighs about 8 lbs, all depending on temperature and ambient pressure.
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Wed Dec-27-06 08:30 PM
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12. Why ask why? Just put it in the bathtub and live it up! |
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Wed Dec-27-06 08:30 PM
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13. 7 pounds, more or less |
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