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In article <BzFE4H.9Dw@news.iastate.edu> abian@iastate.edu (Alexander Abian) writes:
>In article <BzFBo6.F12@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> polowin@chem.queensu.ca (Joel Polow
>>[Abian claims that]
>>sulfuric acid emits heat when it contacts water in an attempt to 
>>maintain its status quo by evaporating the water -- ignoring the fact
>>that conc. sulfuric will happily absorb water vapour from the air.

>   IT IS THE  TENDENCY OF THE WATER IN THE AIR NOT TO ALLOW THE
>   CONCENTRATION OF THE ENEMY ( i.e. the sulfuic acid)  AND THE WATER
>   IN AIR TRIES TO DILUTE THE ENEMY AND FEEL SECURE (the same
>   way that General Petain tried to dilute the enemy)

The why is it that oil under the same conditions does NOT absorb water?  
What does water have against sulfuric acid, that it should consider it an
enemy?  

If you put two glasses, one half-filled with water, and the other half-filled
with concentrated sulfuric acid, inside a sealed chamber, in a few days one 
glass will be empty and the other will be full of dilute sulfuric acid.  The
"status quo" is not maintained.  If you do the same thing with half-filled 
glasses of water and vegetable oil, then as long as the chamber is sealed, the
status quo IS maintained.  The reason has nothing to do with "security".

- db