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Pressure does affect chemical equilibria, the canonical example is that above a certain pressure calcium carbonate actually becomes soluble. That's why you don'
by HarryHirsch 8y ago
Pressure does affect chemical equilibria, the canonical example is that above a certain pressure calcium carbonate actually becomes soluble. That's why you don't find hard-shelled organisms at the bottom of the ocean. Kinetics are affected, too, because the energy of transition states varies with the pressure. That said, they grew the bacteria from their samples at ambient pressure without problems.
- stevespang 8y ago"Pressure does affect chemical equilibria". Hmmmm, so would two water splitting electrolysis cells require the same electrical inputs, one at atmosphere and one at challenger deep depth, both to split the exact same amount of water ?
- pfortuny 8y agoMmh, thanks for the info.