Comments on: 3 Cool Videos about Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic, & Hygroscopic Materials

By: Allison A Bailes III

Allison A Bailes III — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:17:33 +0000

In reply to Don Gatley. Now that's downright
Now that's downright embarrassing, Don. At first I thought maybe you were going to say I'd misspelled vapor incorrectly—four times—but then I looked and found the four you undoubtedly were referring to: Ykes, sillica, dessicant, and pychrometric. You'd never have known that I used to win medals in spelling competitions when I was in high school. So I guess you're throwing cold water on my chances for selection to the Society of Psychrometric Fools. Is that why you suggest the Psychrolousia Society?

By: Allison A Bailes III

Allison A Bailes III — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 19:17:33 +0000

Now that's downright
Now that's downright embarrassing, Don. At first I thought maybe you were going to say I'd misspelled vapor incorrectly—four times—but then I looked and found the four you undoubtedly were referring to: Ykes, sillica, dessicant, and pychrometric. You'd never have known that I used to win medals in spelling competitions when I was in high school. So I guess you're throwing cold water on my chances for selection to the Society of Psychrometric Fools. Is that why you suggest the Psychrolousia Society?

By: Don Gatley

Don Gatley — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:23:49 +0000

Great topic and thanks for
Great topic and thanks for the cool videos. That’s the GOOD NEWS.

The BAD NEWS is that the Board of Directors has banned for 60 days any applications for your entry into the SOCIETY OF PSYCHROMETRIC FOOLS for four spelling errors in the quoted paragraph below.

“And then there’s hygroscopic materials. This stuff likes to pull water vapor in. (Ykes! I almost said, “pull water vapor out of the air.” That would’ve killed my chances to get into Don Gatley’s Pychrometric Fools Society.) Sillica gel, a common dessicant, is hygroscopic.”

Now Alistair Frazier’s BAD PSYCHROMETRICS shuns the phrase that AIR HOLDS WATER VAPOR or that WATER VAPOR HOLDS AIR. But your phrase PULL WATER VAPOR OUT OF THE AIR is still under review.

In lieu of application to the SOCIETY OF PSYCHROMETRIC FOOLS you may wish to apply to the English PSYCHROLOUSIA SOCIETY.

By: Don Gatley

Don Gatley — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 13:23:49 +0000

Great topic and thanks for
Great topic and thanks for the cool videos. That’s the GOOD NEWS.

The BAD NEWS is that the Board of Directors has banned for 60 days any applications for your entry into the SOCIETY OF PSYCHROMETRIC FOOLS for four spelling errors in the quoted paragraph below.

“And then there’s hygroscopic materials. This stuff likes to pull water vapor in. (Ykes! I almost said, "pull water vapor out of the air." That would’ve killed my chances to get into Don Gatley’s Pychrometric Fools Society.) Sillica gel, a common dessicant, is hygroscopic.”

Now Alistair Frazier’s BAD PSYCHROMETRICS shuns the phrase that AIR HOLDS WATER VAPOR or that WATER VAPOR HOLDS AIR. But your phrase PULL WATER VAPOR OUT OF THE AIR is still under review.

In lieu of application to the SOCIETY OF PSYCHROMETRIC FOOLS you may wish to apply to the English PSYCHROLOUSIA SOCIETY.