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Turning sand into water. Is this theoretically possible?
Can it be possible theoretically speaking and if not why would that be?
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Ok, i can kinda sympathize with your other questions but now it starting to get a little silly.
Sand is made of primarily sillicon dioxide, SiO2.
Although it often forms complex polymorphs with nabouring SiO2 molecules and so it tends to make up a network.
Silicon dioxide is incredibly inert and has a hard time reacting with anything, thats not to say its on par with the nobel gasses but it is used as
the main component of lab glassware for a reason.
Water is H2O, I very much doubt that there is any way to convert a silicon atom into a proton.
It is possible for certain nuclei to undergo nuclear decay such as alpha decay and give up a proton however this is extremely rare.
If you have even so much as a lick of understanding of chemistry or the laws of physics then i see no reason why you cannot answer this question
yourself.
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While you can convert sand directly into water, such an unnatural transmutation drains your energy tremendously and will leave you greatly weakened,
if not outright kill you. A much better option is to summon the moisture from the ground just under the surface, where the sand is moist.
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What ? This is in no way Chemistry, and very little energy is required to achieve it.
The simple trick is to go the seaside with a shovel.
At the edge of the tide, carefully dig up 1 shovel full of sand, extend the shovel over the water, then invert it so the sand falls off into the
water.
Tada! Sand 'turned' into water 
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You can reduce SiO2 to SiO and water using H2 at high temperatures. Albeit, there are far easier ways to get your hands on some dihydrogen monoxide,
turning on a tap is one.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022459674...
[Edited on 21-12-2017 by LearnedAmateur]
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Personally, I prefer to turn water into beer. Sand is too crunchy for me to deal with.
Turning that beer back into water via bio remediation can also be quite entertaining. But I always end up with more water out of this cycle than I
put in originally- Apparently, Einstein may have been wrong on a few things as mass is not conserved here. We will need to do more research on this.
Lots more research.
I will probably need some lab assistants. Aga and Arkoma?
[Edited on 21-12-2017 by Bert]
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Sir, Yes Sir !
300 gallons sounds like a lot, but we Will Do It SIR !
'Ten HUN ! Right Turn!
Hut hut hut hut hut hut.
HALT !
No, the Other Right.
DOH, Sir DOH !
ABOUT TURN !
Hut Hut Hut hut hut hut.
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Quote: Originally posted by MrHomeScientist  | | While you can convert sand directly into water, such an unnatural transmutation drains your energy tremendously and will leave you greatly weakened,
if not outright kill you. A much better option is to summon the moisture from the ground just under the surface, where the sand is moist.
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I see someone's read Eragon . . .
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| Quote: | | Personally, I prefer to turn water into beer. |
I like doing the opposite!
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Glad someone got the reference!
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