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Could life be making its own habitable environment in the clouds of Venus?
- quantified 5y ago> This would, in turn, increase the pH of the clouds from roughly -11 to 0. While still very acidic, this would be within the range of acidity that life could tolerate. I thought the lowest possible pH was 0. Perhaps this is reversed, from 0 to 11, but 11 is pretty alkaline, not very acidic. Editor!
- netizen-936824 5y agopH can absolutely be negative. Negative pH is highly acidic https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/25155/can-a-negative-ph-exist https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/25155/can-a-ne... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoroantimonic_acid https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoroantimonic_acid
- quantified 5y agoThank you. I’d definitely expect it to be more acidic than 0. Just reflecting my lack of college-level chem and follow-up learning. 0 seems extreme for supporting life, but we do have pretty extreme life on this planet. Fluoroantimonic acid sounds fun.