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| Gyro:
--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on April 24, 2021, 12:14:37 pm --- --- Quote from: MikeK on April 23, 2021, 08:11:23 pm --- --- Quote from: Gyro on April 23, 2021, 07:42:44 pm ---Actually, I'm not sure I follow chemistry of that one though... CO2 -> O2 + CO ? --- End quote --- Probably this: https://www.pnas.org/content/109/39/15606 "CO2 splitting, CO2 → CO + 1/2 O2" --- End quote --- ARRGGHH!!! . . . Oxygen exists in a Diatomic state/molecule. 2 x CO2 --> 2 x CO + O2 :box: --- End quote --- Isn't that the same equation? You can't have O but you can have half as much O2. |
| MikeK:
I'm assuming the authors of that article knew what they were talking about when they wrote that equation. |
| Brumby:
--- Quote from: Gyro on April 24, 2021, 12:35:01 pm --- --- Quote from: GlennSprigg on April 24, 2021, 12:14:37 pm ---ARRGGHH!!! . . . Oxygen exists in a Diatomic state/molecule. 2 x CO2 --> 2 x CO + O2 :box: --- End quote --- Isn't that the same equation? You can't have O but you can have half as much O2. --- End quote --- In a volumetric sense, I suppose - but in chemical formula expressions, I was never guided into half of anything. You get multiples of whole molecules in a result - not half ones. |
| BrianHG:
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| MikeK:
Fourth flight is impressive: "872-foot (266-meter) round trip" Would be nice if this could do some scouting for the rover. Would be really nice if it would video a descent into one of the caves. |
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