Water compresses under a high gradient electric field

Re:Water compresses under a high gradient electric field by yosito on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @12:28AM (#17447525)

What would happen if you compress water using this method and then seal the container it's in and turn off the electricity? Anything interesting? Does the water stay compressed? Does the container explode? Does it depend on the strength of the container?

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Re:Water compresses under a high gradient electric field by craftyguy on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @12:42AM (#17447583)

Intuition says that the water would then exert more pressure on the container. Like if you emptied and sealed a plastic bottle while at sea level, and then ascended to a high altitude in an airplane (or climb a mountain). The bottle would be bloated. Whether or not it would explode depends entirely on the properties of the container..

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Re:Water compresses under a high gradient electric field by hoppa_liza on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @12:56AM (#17447644)

Would not the bottle be squished now that it is under more pressure?

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Re:Water compresses under a high gradient electric field by craftyguy on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @01:00AM (#17447667)

Yea, you're absolutely right, I swizzled the analogy. I fixed my previous comment. Thanks :)

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