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It was my understanding that at the test-tube-scale we aren't able to demonstrate CO2 increasing the heat. Is this correct?
by Buttons840 4y ago
It was my understanding that at the test-tube-scale we aren't able to demonstrate CO2 increasing the heat. Is this correct?
- AlotOfReading 4y agoYou can see them even at that scale. The original experiments by Tyndall that demonstrated the effect were in a tube [1] currently on display at the Royal Institution. [1] https://www.rigb.org/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/galleries/lblock_test_trh_1_2f03201e0257167.jpg https://www.rigb.org/sites/default/files/styles/original/pub...
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- bullfightonmars 4y agoIncorrect. This is a fundamental property of the molecule CO2. CO2 absorbs infrared radiation. In the atmosphere this property of CO2 prevents infrared radiation from radiating back out into space. > While transparent to visible light, carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, absorbing and emitting infrared radiation ... Absorption of infrared light at the vibrational frequencies of atmospheric CO2 traps energy near the surface, warming the surface and the lower atmosphere. Less energy reaches the upper atmosphere, which is therefore cooler because of this absorption. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide#In_Earth's_atmosphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide#In_Earth's_atmo... Or if you would rather Futurama explain it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cjx4gJFME0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cjx4gJFME0
- fallingfrog 4y agoNo, you can replicate the effect easily in a high school classroom. https://youtu.be/kwtt51gvaJQ https://youtu.be/kwtt51gvaJQ It’s literally that easy to demonstrate.