[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Mystery I'm trying to figure out
Tony
galaitsis at verizon.net
Mon Feb 13 05:52:58 PST 2023
Feels like an act of Maxwell's Demon 😉.
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On 2/13/23 8:45 AM, Steve Isenberg wrote:
> Batteries are relatively new, but I don't think that's the issue.
> Put 5g fiber in shot glass, doesn't change from 5g.
> Put almond milk in container and zero it, doesn't change from zero.
> Add fiber to almond milk, see 5g then rapidly drops.
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 8:34 AM Charles H. Holbrow
> <cholbrow at colgate.edu> wrote:
>
> Time for new batteries in your scale?
>
>
>> On Feb 13, 2023, at 8:33 AM, Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Steve --
>>
>> Does your almond milk contain probiotics?
>>
>> Probiotics are by definition live cultures. They will consume
>> polysaccharides like soluble fiber.
>>
>> -- Bob Primak
>>
>>
>> On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 07:37:28 AM EST, arnold peterson
>> <alp4982 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I wonder if heat is produced by this reaction, then I could
>> understand a weight loss.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> The scale I use is a weight watchers scale.
>>
>> I think a balance scale might be a way for another more
>> reliable method.
>>
>> I think this is a physics problem, of the scale. My scale likes
>> to move in 2 g increments. -arnie
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Why did you do this in the first place -- did you read that
>> this might happen?
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 6:42 PM Steve Isenberg
>> <smisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Gentlepeople, especially any chemistry or physics experts:
>>
>> When I add 5 grams powdered fiber to almond milk, the
>> added weight starts dropping immediately from 5 grams.
>>
>> Materials are powdered fiber supplement (Optifiber from
>> Costco, wheat dextrin) and unsweetened almond milk (also
>> from Costco).
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Does anyone know what's happening, why is the weight
>> dropping?
>>
>> 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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