Thursday, February 25, 2010

I left a clear glass full water under my bed overnight and in the morning it was full of bubbles, why?

Water has dissolved gases in it, namely oxygen. However, oxygen, which is non-polar, doesn't particularily like being dissolved in polar water, so it will readily come out of solution in the form of bubbles if it's allowed to sit there for a while.I left a clear glass full water under my bed overnight and in the morning it was full of bubbles, why?
Are you talking about bubbles on the side of the glass ?





Was your room warm ?I left a clear glass full water under my bed overnight and in the morning it was full of bubbles, why?
I used to work in a pet/aquarium store when I was a teenager. It is a well known fact that tap water has a lot of dissolved gases, the most toxic of which is Chlorine, put in the tap water to kill germs. If you want to kill your tropical fish in minutes or less, just try putting them into straight tap water. Tap water needs to be ';aged'; which means leaving it out in an open container over night to allow all of the harmful gases to bubble out and escape, and be replaced by the proper amount of Oxygen, etc. from the air. Then your fish will be fine. What you did was perform an aging process on your glass of water. Now with all of the harmful gases gone, you can feel free to put your water into your fish tank!
What kind of experiment was that? What were you trying to prove?
Water typically contains dissolved air. When the pressure is reduced, the air gradually comes out of solution and shows up as bubbles.
Water contains dissolved air. Cold water dissolves more air than warm water. As the water in your glass warmed up overnight, the solubility of the air decreased, and it came out of solution, and you saw bubbles.
A Dog/Cat named Bubbles?
That was a strange thing to do. The water was so confused by your actions that it started convulsing and therfore making bubbles.

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