Chemical stability - Venus, Earth, Mars
- From: TomHendricks474@xxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:29:45 -0500 (EST)
I've suggested that life is the chemical system most
stable on earth - thus life can be defined as that set of
chemicals that are most stable.
But what about Venus and Mars.
"the atmospheres and solid bodies of Venus
and Mars are equally made of stable chemicals and are
equally as old as the earth,' aren't they?
Yes but they aren't in the HZ - here there's competition
between organic chemicals and inorganic chemicals.
In this specific temperature
range organic is more stable. "Life' chemicals would not be
more stable on hotter Venus, or colder mars, or colder yet outer
space, or hotter yet surface of the sun.
But in the liquid water zone, collective life is more stable than
non life.
Thus in 'chemical adaptation' under earth conditions, life is
that which is more adapted, more stable than non life.
Comment
Tom Hendricks
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