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(Maybe this is the wrong forum; Whatever, it's an unexplained phenomenon to me.)
They're always messing with the plumbing in my dorm. After the last time, the water started behaving strangely when they turned it back on.
When I run the water into a glass, it comes out clear. It then turns cloudy (with gas bubbles) over the course of about 30-60 seconds. The bubbles then float to the top.
The bubbles nucleate throughout the liquid, not on the glass walls. The water doesn't have an odd taste to it, but it does leave a sort of gritty sensation in my mouth, like there's some silt suspended in it.
The main questions are 1) How did the tapwater become silty and supersaturated with air?, and 2) Why does the gas wait to be poured to effervesce?
They're always messing with the plumbing in my dorm. After the last time, the water started behaving strangely when they turned it back on.
When I run the water into a glass, it comes out clear. It then turns cloudy (with gas bubbles) over the course of about 30-60 seconds. The bubbles then float to the top.
The bubbles nucleate throughout the liquid, not on the glass walls. The water doesn't have an odd taste to it, but it does leave a sort of gritty sensation in my mouth, like there's some silt suspended in it.
The main questions are 1) How did the tapwater become silty and supersaturated with air?, and 2) Why does the gas wait to be poured to effervesce?