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Re: What is the strongest plastic?
« Reply #40 on: 08/06/2022 17:52:16 »
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/atmospheric-stratification  if anyone really cares that much
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Re: What is the strongest plastic?
« Reply #41 on: 08/06/2022 21:31:26 »
Quote from: alancalverd on 08/06/2022 17:49:02
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 08/06/2022 06:05:55
Oxygen and hydrogen are reasonably close in density,
Which is why hydrogen balloons don't fly.
Sorry, nitrogen.
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Re: What is the strongest plastic?
« Reply #42 on: 08/06/2022 21:41:26 »
Quote from: alancalverd on 08/06/2022 17:52:16
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/atmospheric-stratification  if anyone really cares that much
Obviously, I have done the calculation- I wouldn't be so sure of myself if I hadn't.

But what I'm trying to do is get you to do it so you realise how small the effect is.
Can you?
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Re: What is the strongest plastic?
« Reply #43 on: 09/06/2022 15:37:18 »
Very small, like I said. But > 0 is not = 0, which is why balloons fly and centrifuges are strategic targets.
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Re: What is the strongest plastic?
« Reply #44 on: 09/06/2022 17:08:35 »
Quote from: alancalverd on 09/06/2022 15:37:18
Very small, like I said. But > 0 is not = 0, which is why balloons fly and centrifuges are strategic targets.
Quote from: Bored chemist on 07/06/2022 21:55:14
So, have you got to grips with the fact that this
Quote from: alancalverd on 04/06/2022 22:15:19
Methane is actually lighter than air but mains gas contains butane and ethane which will pool at the bottom
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