The mystery behind: The Hefty Titanic Ship

It took 3 years for the titanic ship to be built, just for it to sink within 3 hours of its journey! Even though the ship sank many decades ago, its dramatic end has never left the back of our thoughts. This tragic tale of titanic and the reason behind its sinking for 2 hours would require a bit of mini-sized chem bites that we will look into in this article. If you want to leave your legacy behind, just like the titanic ship (but in a positive way), wait no more and read on to find out more on how you will be able to do so!

Do we know everything about water?

Water is absolutely amazing with some of its most unusual properties. However, it has become so familiar that we take it for granted. Just like other substances, its properties arise inevitably from those of its constituent atoms. As an environmental and biological solvent, it forms complex solutions such as in the oceans, lakes, and cellular fluid. From a chemical point of view, the chemistry tutor feels that all organisms, ranging from bacteria to humans, are highly organised systems of membranes that encloses and compartmentalises complex aqueous solutions. Tiny aquatic animals struggle to survive without dissolved O2 nor could aquatic plants survive without dissolved CO2. Looking at students struggling to learn such struggles that creatures experience, our chemistry tutor doesn’t want any of his students to look at these topics with difficulties. Our chemistry tuition will make learning about the properties of water easier by making information relevant to real life. With our chemistry tuition, students will be able to break through the odds of classwork stress, and instead learn how the concepts can be applied to real world scenarios. This would then allow you to give a chance to our chemistry tutor, so that he will be able to answer curious minds and inquisitive thoughts. This can eventually lead to talented students who are able to change the modern world and play their part in our smart nation.

The end of the relationship between Jake and Rose (basically… the sink of the ship)

Before moving on to the most awaited part of this article, let us look at certain properties of water. With oceans covering 70% of Earth’s surface, water has so many strong hydrogen bonds, such that its specific heat capacity is higher than just any other common liquid. Moreover, an average adult has 40kg of water and generates about 10,000kJ of heat a day due to metabolism, which is why water becomes a crucial aspect of life. Fascinated yet? This happens without even our realisation because the strong numerous bonds of water give rise to its very high heat of vaporisation. These are just one of the very large sources of information that our chemistry tutor will be able to share with you.

If something as great as the titanic is able to sink, then how is it that the properties of water are highly regarded? Well, the sink of the ship has got nothing with the properties of water alone, but that of the concept of density as well. The middle of any humongous ships is made out of metal completely, which contains chambers of air. Since air has a lower density than water, a 52310-ton heavy ship was able to float on water. In order for the ship to continue staying afloat, the average density of the total volume inside must be less than the same volume of water. However, the small bump in the “cursed” iceberg caused an opening which brought water inside the air chambers, increasing the average density of the ship greater than that of the water. Hence, this tragedy! Stay tuned with our chemistry tutor to figure out more informative facts! Hope this clarifies the mystery of the weighty titanic ship.

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