On Friday, July 28, 2023 at 12:11:09 PM UTC-5, Archimedes Plutonium wrote in sci.math:
There are 7 diatomic molecules
H2 436 kJ/mol is 4.3 eV
N2 945.3 kJ/mol is 9.4 eV
O2 498.3 kJ/mol is 4.9 eV
F2 156.9 kJ/mol is 1.5 eV
Cl2 242.5 kJ/mol is 2.4 eV
Br2 193.8 kJ/mol is 1.9 eV
I2 152.5 kJ/mol is 1.5 eV
Looking up there dissociation energy (source: labs dot chem dot ucsb dot edu)
Now, what AP is thinking is that the above list of diatomic molecules is incorrect with H2, for that is H4 measured with 4.3 eV. So that you split H4 into 2 H2 with 4.3 eV. But to split H2 into H + H requires enormous energy, for H2 is an Atom not a
molecule.
AP is thinking that the easiest proof that water is H4O is via these tables of dissociation energy.
The highest listed dissociation energy by ucsb is CO at 1075 kJ/mol = 10.7 eV
AP contends that to dissociation energy of H2 which is an atom is far far above 10.7 eV. If the hydrogen in the Sun is H2 in that hostile environment and not be split, then what is the energy of dissociation? We are talking in MeV, not eV.
Further looking up H2O (which is really H4O)
H----OH 498.7 kJ/mol is 4.9 eV
H-----O 428 kJ/mol is 4.2 eV
The last two do not seem to be correct-- that it takes more energy to split away one H from H2O than it takes to split away the second H from water.
I suspect the proof of water is H4O is already in once the table of dissociation energy is carefully analyzed.
But, here is another experiment.
EXPERIMENT
We have pure gases of OH, of NO, of FO, of FN, of FH, of NH, etc
We put then all together in a container and wait for a period of time.
We return and analyze the contents. Have they all reverted by themselves to being O2, H2 (really H4), N2, F2. Without doing anything to the container, not shaking it, not heating it, doing nothing, but let the molecules collide, do they end up as being
the pure diatomic molecules.
I would bet they do end up being the pure diatomic molecules.
AP
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