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

Tony galaitsis at verizon.net
Mon Feb 13 06:09:32 PST 2023


Jokes aside, the screw-on top has merit.

is it possible that there is a significant amount of air bubbles 
produced/trapped/expanding within the mixture, caused by the hot water 
and, in turn, causing the system to act like a hot-air balloon, 
therefore, be lighter?

  * The screw-on top will prevent hot-air system expansion and prevent
    the weight loss
  * Also, what happen to the system weight, if you let it return to
    ambient temperature?

Tony

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On 2/13/23 8:52 AM, Tony wrote:
>
> Feels like an act of Maxwell's Demon 😉.
>
> =========
>
> 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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