John, This is not sea water. I have used cooking salt and also sea salt in=20 different experiments. I will come to a conclusion in a day or two. Stirring also does not change the behavior. IMHO, it is cooking salt that varies in layers and not sea salt as per=20 one chemist's opinion. Sea salt is homogenous when dissolved. Cheers Ravi > Stir the saltwater? Sometimes seawater salinity varies in layers. > > On 9/10/2014 10:10 AM, Ravi wrote: >> Tomorrow morning, I will let you all know the outcome of my further >> experiments. > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .