How Much Water Does it Take?

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:54:12 +0000

Kent Hovind

Kent Hovind is one of the most prominent figures when it comes to Creation Science, he held many seminars dedicated to exposing the theory of evolution as false. Unfortunately for him he is now in jail for tax-fraud. When he was giving his seminars though he made quite a few astounding claims. Here is just one for your pleasure:-

Claim: “Theoretically, one drop of water will cover the world, if you spread it real thin”

Source: CSE Seminar 6: The Hovind Theory (2003)

Rebuttal: I promise you that the claim was taken, word for word, from his seminar. Are you absolutely sure about that Kent? Here is a quick science lesson for anyone who is unsure as to why this is a load of rubbish.

Water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom (H20), now the surface area of molecules are all different and are measured in Angstroms. The total surface area of a water molecule is around 10 Angstroms, wheareas the surface of the earth is the equivalent of about 5×10³⁴ Angstroms². By simply dividing these two numbers by each other you get 5×10³³, this is the minumum amount of water molecules required to coat the earth in a mono layer. Now by using the measurement of Moles we can calculate the weight of one water molecule and then multiply it by the total number of molecules needed. This gives us the grand total of 150,000 tonnes of water for a one molecule thick layer of water around the earth!

Source: If you found this explanation a bit hard I would encourage you to watch the video explaining this claim:-

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admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:27:29 +0000

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