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Old 03-01-2014, 12:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
gone-ot
...beats walking...
 
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As I vaguelly recall water expands about 1600-times in volume between its liquid and vapor states (assuming equal temperature and external pressure)...explaining why something that weighs 8.3 lbs/gal in liquid form becomes "lighter-than-air" in vapor form.
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