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Which is lighter: hot air or cold air?

Krillin Asked by irishtomboy about 1 year ago, 4 answers.

ok I guess hot water is lighter than cold water but what about hot air and cold air?
we can breathe cold air but not hot air so how does that work? is it because hot air is heavier than cold air? and if you put the covers over your head you can't stay...

under for long because it gets too hot to breathe

PWT's rock!!! Answered by plainwhitets on Dec 29, 2007, 11:26PM
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Hot air rises, therefore is lighter.

Clearing the Gene Pool Answered by bimjob on Dec 29, 2007, 11:35PM
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Most things expand when heated, and if a given volume expands it's density will decrease (I.e. it will get lighter.)

Your head under the covers 'problem' is due to a build-up of CO2. (CO2 is also the reason that you can't hold your breath longer. When you HAVE to take a gulp of fresh air, your lungs have only extracted a small part of the oxygen.)

Krillin Answered by irishtomboy on Dec 30, 2007, 12:02AM
692 answers

thank you

Krillin Answered by irishtomboy on Jan 09, 2008, 09:29PM
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oh ok thanx

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