Re: Methane solution properties as solvent

From: jacob navia (jacob_at_jacob.remcomp.fr)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:10:32 +0100

Uncle Al wrote:
> jacob navia wrote:
>
>>Since a machine made a splash somewhere, chemistry of methane
>>solutions at -200 C has become a very interesting topic...
>
>
> What chemistry?

This one:

Take a big container, add methan in lake quantities.
Agitate slowly at -200 C for 4 billion years.

Hexane at room temp is a good model.

Maybe, but experiments are better. Does anybody
did actual experiments with liquid methane at -200?

Solvent properties? Which compounds are easily soluble
in liquid methane?

Are polymers conceivable in liquid methane at
-200 C?

>
>
>>Anyone here knows of references about the properties of
>>methane solution at those temperatures?
>>
>>What happens to compounds like amino-acids in that solution?
>>Can they exist at all?
>
>
> What happens when you add table salt to hexane?
>
>
>>Are there "salts" that solve well in that liquid?
>
>
> "Hexane," except a much crappier solvent.
>

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