A boat in zero gravity : would it sink?

[Durbs]

Would take a loooong time to freeze a sea in space i reckon. I'd say by then, all the water would have drifted off all over the shop in icy clumps and the boat would be sea-less.

They should pack everyone on sickness benefits into the QE2 and try it.

Just Googled thermodynamics in a vacuum and my hypothesis is actually balls.

[Pinto]

But who would get the car?

You would get the car because you switched. The goat in door 2 gets the plane.

[Drewster]

Everything has some gravity.

HTH

You may be correct in the real world - However the original parameter specified was zero gravity (A boat in zero gravity : would it sink?) so although you could be right you are wrong because you have changed the conditions.

Possibly the question should be re-phrased allowing for a more detailed scientific analysis..........

[TriggerHippy]

You're assuming that heat is only conducted, transferred via convection.

Radiation, convection and conduction are all methods of heat transfer.

I think the water would boil away if not contained by some form of pressure vessel.

The temperature in space is almost absolute zero .. if water would boil, then comets, which leave a trail of ice and debris, wouldn't exist.

[Drewster]

Just Googled thermodynamics in a vacuum and my hypothesis is actually balls.

Please don't let that affect your postings..................

[gingerjedi]

You may be correct in the real world - However the original parameter specified was zero gravity (A boat in zero gravity : would it sink?) so although you could be right you are wrong because you have changed the conditions.

Possibly the question should be re-phrased allowing for a more detailed scientific analysis..........

So if the laws of physics didn't exist...

I think MTC is right, the boat would sit on a sphere of ice.

But... If it got close enough to a star it would sink through the melting water.

[TimberWolf]

So if the laws of physics didn't exist...

I think MTC is right, the boat would sit on a sphere of ice.

But... If it got close enough to a star it would sink through the melting water.

Is a sea of ice still a sea? I think the OP meant liquid water.

[gingerjedi]

Is a sea of ice still a sea? I think the OP meant liquid water.

So water doesn't freeze now... how many more laws are broken?

Also the boat would need to be denser than the water for it to sink to the middle, buoyancy would have no effect.

[Drewster]

So if the laws of physics didn't exist...

I didn't set the question - I am merely commenting on the answers.

Assuming that "the laws of physics" did still exist perhaps you could propose how the "sea" and the "boat" were transported to this "Zero Gravity Place" (which still has gravity)

[Churchill]

The temperature in space is almost absolute zero .. if water would boil, then comets, which leave a trail of ice and debris, wouldn't exist.

In what direction does a comet leave its tail and why?