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Stupid Question?

Postby assateague » Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:44 am

When adding sugar to water, after the sugar is dissolved, how much volume does it add? For example, if I have a 5 gallon container, almost full, and I empty the water into a kettle, heat it, and add 20 pounds of sugar, will I have the volume of the 20 pounds of sugar to account for when I put it back in the 5 gallon container? If not, how can I calculate how much space the dissolved sugar will take up?


This is all hypothetical, by the way.
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby rebelp74 » Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:46 am

No clue. Try it on a smaller scale with say a qaurt of water and 5cups of sugar. Measure before and after to determine a difference.
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby Mornin Beef » Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:54 am

rebelp74 wrote:No clue. Try it on a smaller scale with say a qaurt of water and 5cups of sugar. Measure before and after to determine a difference.

x2 on that. Especially since rebs ratio is easily convertible to gallons (4 qt per gallon). Not sure on the cups versus lbs though. Just use 25% of 20lbs in one quart i think. the volume ought to be less than what the dry sugar is cuz of all the interstitial space. wait a seond...can 20lbs even fully dissolve in 5 gallons...seems like a ton.
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby Mornin Beef » Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:03 am

I do believe that the temp of the liquid will also determine how much sugar will stay dissolved especially if your at the maximum capacity the water can hold in dissolution. So when it cools the volume ought to increase cuz the sugar crystals create more space than in solution.

edit: or is that less space once its come out of solution. Hmmm I think water is the only solid that has less density in solid form. Been a long time. Try googling it on hummingbird.com
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby flight control » Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:23 am

Hypotheticaly, I place the sugar in the container and add water to bring it to the total volume. Sugar has a lot of air between the grains so it's hard to say how much water it will displace. It will disolve, but that is a lot of sugar. 8-)
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby flight control » Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:29 am

So do you have lots of hummingbirds or are they just really big?
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby Tiler_J » Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:55 am

flight control wrote:So do you have lots of hummingbirds or are they just really big?

He has a hybrid hummingbird-emu. Only one, but it is big and fast. Gotta keep it's energy up.

What did you think he was doing with all that water and sugar?
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby flight control » Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:21 pm

Tiler_J wrote:
flight control wrote:So do you have lots of hummingbirds or are they just really big?

He has a hybrid hummingbird-emu. Only one, but it is big and fast. Gotta keep it's energy up.

What did you think he was doing with all that water and sugar?

Only one other thing I can think of, but I would split all that sugar into two batches, allegedly.

But obviously hes just feeding the hummingbird/emu hybrid, sounds like an expensive animal to feed. I wonder if it has the volume of meat of an emu and the succulence of a hummingbird, or the other way around.
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby Mornin Beef » Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:33 pm

Weigh a full pal of fresh water and give it to the horses. Then weigh a full pal of horse piss and you'll have your answer.
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby assateague » Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:39 pm

For the record, it adds about 1/3 the volume of the sugar when dissolved.
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby Willie » Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:50 pm

Looking forward to it this season...hypothetically.
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby NuffDaddy » Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:54 pm

Mornin Beef wrote:Weigh a full pal of fresh water and give it to the horses. Then weigh a full pal of horse piss and you'll have your answer.

That's an Assa answer right there.
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby Mornin Beef » Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:33 pm

assateague wrote:For the record, it adds about 1/3 the volume of the sugar when dissolved.

You do a small tester first like reb said?
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby assateague » Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:42 pm

Nope. "Off" and "wide open" are my only two speeds. No sense half assing anything. You do it balls out, one of two things happens: you get it done in half the time, or you learn a lesson so you can get it done in half the time next time.

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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby Mornin Beef » Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:49 pm

assateague wrote:Nope. "Off" and "wide open" are my only two speeds. No sense half assing anything. You do it balls out, one of two things happens: you get it done in half the time, or you learn a lesson so you can get it done in half the time next time.

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YOud be a terrible drunk driver
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby jehler » Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:07 pm

Mornin Beef wrote:
assateague wrote:Nope. "Off" and "wide open" are my only two speeds. No sense half assing anything. You do it balls out, one of two things happens: you get it done in half the time, or you learn a lesson so you can get it done in half the time next time.

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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby Mornin Beef » Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:10 pm

jehler wrote:
Mornin Beef wrote:
assateague wrote:Nope. "Off" and "wide open" are my only two speeds. No sense half assing anything. You do it balls out, one of two things happens: you get it done in half the time, or you learn a lesson so you can get it done in half the time next time.

Life's too short for pussyfooting.

YOud be a terrible drunk driver
bullshit, he's still here

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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby jehler » Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:57 pm

One of the laws of drunk driving is to drive as fast as the car will go, less time in the road = less chance of seeing the po
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby assateague » Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:58 pm

Exactly. And what do they look for? People being overly cautious, and obeying every traffic law. Guy coming to a complete stop and looking both ways twice, with the blinker on in a neighborhood? Dead giveaway, right there.
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby Mornin Beef » Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:18 am

Not that I do much drinking behind the wheel, but it makes sense. Next time I have five or six beers fishing I'll remember to throw the throttle into "wide open" to get home.
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Re: Stupid Question?

Postby assateague » Sun Jul 14, 2013 6:32 am

A loud and hearty prolonged Rebel Yell when doing the hole shot will help convey the image that you are perfectly sober, and simply enjoying an afternoon on the water, also.
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