[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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