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There's some ideas out there about Jupiter having some weird form of metallic hydrogen too. Maybe more liquid though.
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Islam is the Lite Rock FM posted:There's some ideas out there about Jupiter having some weird form of metallic hydrogen too. Maybe more liquid though. At least the outer layer of Jupiter's core has to be liquid something, the pressure and gravitational forces are so extreme that nothing could be a gas.
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Oct 6, 2016 02:27
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Licking a chunk of metallic hydrogen would probably not be health-enhancing.
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Oct 6, 2016 02:43
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The Lone Badger posted:Licking a chunk of metallic hydrogen would probably not be health-enhancing. Considering it would have to be at crushing atmospheric pressure or almost Absolute Zero, yeah, either one would be quickly fatal.
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Oct 6, 2016 02:54
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It's gotta be a giant diamond, right?
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Oct 6, 2016 02:57
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Kwyndig posted:Considering it would have to be at crushing atmospheric pressure or almost Absolute Zero, yeah, either one would be quickly fatal. QED, there is no life on the other planet. 
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Oct 6, 2016 02:57
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Abyssal Squid posted:QED, there is no life on the other planet. Haha, it's entirely possible for different chemistry of life to exist in the mid or upper atmosphere of Jupiter, although having it develop in the first place that would be really unusual.
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Oct 6, 2016 03:04
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Kwyndig posted:Considering it would have to be at crushing atmospheric pressure or almost Absolute Zero, yeah, either one would be quickly fatal. Or neither of those things is true and the hydrogen is very vigorously ceasing to be metallic.
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Oct 6, 2016 04:02
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The Lone Badger posted:Or neither of those things is true and the hydrogen is very vigorously ceasing to be metallic. Now you've got me wondering what metallic sublimation would look like. (the non-explosively-expanding variety, anyway)
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Oct 6, 2016 04:11
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Enourmo posted:Now you've got me wondering what metallic sublimation would look like. Check out solid iodine. It's sort of metallic and sublimes purple gas.
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Oct 6, 2016 04:19
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I'm not a chemist or physicist, but my understanding is that metallic hydrogen is degenerate matter rather than solid.
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Oct 6, 2016 19:38
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GWBBQ posted:I'm not a chemist or physicist, but my understanding is that metallic hydrogen is degenerate matter rather than solid. So it hangs around a gas station and buys smokes for teenagers?
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Oct 6, 2016 20:14
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:So it hangs around a gas station and buys smokes for teenagers? 
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Oct 7, 2016 16:07
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Hedningen posted:Assuming the author's at the same university the page links to, I can attest that the solid-state equipment was poorly maintained. Mostly because I had to repair most of it while working for the physics department. At least I learned (and forgot until recently) how to work with vacuum tubes thanks to some ridiculous legacy equipment. In the spirit of the thread, most of the work I did was in an old storage room that, when we cleaned it out, happened to have an uncovered bucket of mercury in it. Still less hazardous than the actual electronics shop, which always had conspiracy radio on, interspersed with Czech cursing. That dude did switch to CS and now works at ILM. I find this awesome.
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Oct 7, 2016 17:04
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:So it hangs around a gas station and buys smokes for teenagers?
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Oct 7, 2016 21:31
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GWBBQ posted:It buys Pluto beer even though it's not a planet Oh my god.
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Oct 8, 2016 00:51
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Kwyndig posted:Haha, it's entirely possible for different chemistry of life to exist in the mid or upper atmosphere of Jupiter, although having it develop in the first place that would be really unusual.
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Oct 8, 2016 02:03
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Have you considered that the development of ANY sort of life is so unlikely as to require a divine Creator? makes u think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHg4JWnlAXw
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Oct 8, 2016 19:17
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A creator with an inordinate fondness for gaseous nitrogen; why else would so many compounds seek to return to that stage of grace?
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Oct 9, 2016 11:26
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Just cesium so no big deal but I am impressed at how much this guy's using. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytxx95g-kiA
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Oct 13, 2016 03:50
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Periodic Videos did a demo with a similar quantity of cesium under slightly more controlled conditions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2YrZNahqiw
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Oct 13, 2016 04:00
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"Just cesium" is something that would only be uttered somewhere with a big fan base of exotic nitrogen compounds.
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Oct 13, 2016 04:08
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Cesium: melt in your hand and not in your mouth.
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Oct 13, 2016 04:25
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Islam is the Lite Rock FM posted:Cesium: melt in your hand and
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Oct 13, 2016 04:37
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Kwyndig posted:Haha, it's entirely possible for different chemistry of life to exist in the mid or upper atmosphere of Jupiter, although having it develop in the first place that would be really unusual. I've read some into what other chemistry of life may possibly look like, and it seems like H20 is just so good at being both an excellent medium for chemistry to take place in and also happens to be an excellent electron absorber and is so freaking abundant and itself an abundant source of Hydrogen, that I doubt we'll ever find aerobic life that isn't also mostly H20 based. While I don't think it's impossible we might find life that is composed of alternate chemistry, I strongly doubt we'll find anything more complex than 'simple' microbe life that isn't carbon based in the Solar System. It takes a lot of the suns energy to sustain life above the microscopic level, and an extraordinary set of chemical reactions to go with it. Earth gets positively basted with sunlight, which allows us to have such complex fauna and flora. Comparatively, the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, though they have a liquid internal ocean, don't generate anything near the scale of the energy that the Earth receives through tidal heating, which would suggest that if they have life, it might not be very complex in terms of trophic levels.
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Oct 13, 2016 05:24
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zedprime posted:"Just cesium" is something that would only be uttered somewhere with a big fan base of exotic nitrogen compounds. Related Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLOFaWdPxB0
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Oct 13, 2016 06:55
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triggered
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Oct 13, 2016 06:59
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Groda posted:triggered H₂O
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Oct 13, 2016 07:09
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Islam is the Lite Rock FM posted:Cesium: melt
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Oct 13, 2016 11:44
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Cesium melts at just above room temperature.
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Oct 13, 2016 16:13
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I wonder how many other schools have dried out picric acid just hanging around in the chem labs. Just how explosive is it?
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Oct 14, 2016 09:04
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Pyrotoad posted:I wonder how many other schools have dried out picric acid just hanging around in the chem labs. It’s really common, but its danger is overstated. In the bottom of a test tube? No big deal. Take an eyedropper and get it wet, then dispose of it as hazardous waste. There is no need to call the bomb squad.
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Oct 14, 2016 09:22
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A White Guy posted:I've read some into what other chemistry of life may possibly look like, and it seems like H20 is just so good at being both an excellent medium for chemistry to take place in and also happens to be an excellent electron absorber and is so freaking abundant and itself an abundant source of Hydrogen, that I doubt we'll ever find aerobic life that isn't also mostly H20 based. While I don't think it's impossible we might find life that is composed of alternate chemistry, I strongly doubt we'll find anything more complex than 'simple' microbe life that isn't carbon based in the Solar System. It takes a lot of the suns energy to sustain life above the microscopic level, and an extraordinary set of chemical reactions to go with it. Earth gets positively basted with sunlight, which allows us to have such complex fauna and flora. Comparatively, the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, though they have a liquid internal ocean, don't generate anything near the scale of the energy that the Earth receives through tidal heating, which would suggest that if they have life, it might not be very complex in terms of trophic levels. Well hell, I wasn't expecting it to be multi-cellular. I'm not saying Jupiter's atmosphere looks like this  (the image above is from National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe, originally published in 1980, the 'what if' section has some truly... interesting... art)
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Oct 14, 2016 17:21
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Kwyndig posted:(the image above is from National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe, originally published in 1980, the 'what if' section has some truly... interesting... art)
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Oct 14, 2016 17:36
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Bhodi posted:This was an incredibly cool book I had as a kid growing up and I was sorely disappointed that wasn't a real link to it I remember reading about the floaters and the divers!
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Oct 16, 2016 02:06
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Bhodi posted:This was an incredibly cool book I had as a kid growing up and I was sorely disappointed that wasn't a real link to it Unfortunately it's been out of print for decades and none of National Geographic's picture books from that era are in e-book format. Which is too bad since the basics of planetary astronomy are presented clearly in a way children can understand in it.
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Oct 16, 2016 03:16
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Kwyndig posted:Well hell, I wasn't expecting it to be multi-cellular. I'm not saying Jupiter's atmosphere looks like this I loved that book as a child. I think I have it in a box somewhere.
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Oct 17, 2016 02:27
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWNpO5vvhpk Just drinking some cyanide. #YOLO #Paracelsus
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Oct 17, 2016 18:53
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Platystemon posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWNpO5vvhpk
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Platystemon posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWNpO5vvhpk Worst case almost every hospital has the antidote to cyanide handy
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