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hogwash stability is not a strict function of molecular structure and atomic composition, it is also a function of environmental factors like temperature, pres
by DoctorOetker 6y ago
hogwash
stability is not a strict function of molecular structure and atomic composition, it is also a function of environmental factors like temperature, pressure, acidity, ...
The reason many of those inorganic polymers on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inorganic_polymer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inorganic_polymer have a dangling string of "unprocessable" attached is because they're simply reactive with other chemical species (organic or inorganic) in our biosphere, or simply less or unstable at our earthly standard conditions...
if humanity does ever make contact with alien species, we might get tempted to invite them in our Czochralsky crucible if they are rare enough, and vice versa