[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Mystery I'm trying to figure out

[Charles H. Holbrow]

Time for new batteries in your scale?


> On Feb 13, 2023, at 8:33 AM, Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Steve -- 
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> Does your almond milk contain probiotics?
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> Probiotics are by definition live cultures. They will consume polysaccharides like soluble fiber.
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> -- Bob Primak 
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> On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 07:37:28 AM EST, arnold peterson <alp4982 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I wonder if heat is produced by this reaction, then I could understand a weight loss. 
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> There is another possibility. I have a food scale that I weigh my ground coffee. Sometimes it seems like the scale takes time for the reading to settle down. 
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> I find that when I use a larger amount of coffee this is less of a problem.  le: If using 20-25 g this is less likely to happen than when I use 10g, which happens almost all the time.
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> The scale I use is a weight watchers scale. 
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> I think a balance scale might be a way for another more reliable method. 
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> I think this is a physics problem, of the scale. My scale likes to move in 2 g increments.  -arnie
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> On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 10:00 PM Larry Wittig <9423lew at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you try it again in a jar with a screw-on top that was included when you weighed the jar and milk.  Right after you add the power screw the top on tight.
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> Why did you do this in the first place -- did you read that this might happen?
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> On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 6:42 PM Steve Isenberg <smisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Gentlepeople, especially any chemistry or physics experts:
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> When I add 5 grams powdered fiber to almond milk, the added weight starts dropping immediately from 5 grams.
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> Materials are powdered fiber supplement (Optifiber from Costco, wheat dextrin) and unsweetened almond milk (also from Costco).
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> Procedure.  I take a small shot glass container and put it on the scale, and zero the scale.  Add 5 grams of powdered fiber to the glass container, and it stays at 5g.  I set the glass container aside.
> Then I take a container of about 8 oz of cold almond milk and put it on the scale, zero the scale, and add the 5g powder into the almond milk.  I don't stir.
> At first the scale reads 5g, then immediately starts to drop in weight, to 4.5, 4.0, 3.8, etc within the first minute.
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> Does anyone know what's happening, why is the weight dropping?
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> This is not a joke, I am asking a serious question.  I can do this live over zoom sometime, and in person. Any thoughts?
> -steve
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