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Thanks, Vincent -- LOL!
Very good point about amber's 'static electrical properties'.
The amber (fossilized conifer resin) containing those ancient
air bubbles could have been 'charged' by high energy particles
in solar and cosmic radiation arriving through (prior- era)
ozone holes over the polar regions. Remember that the poles
have shifted and wandered about, and this accounts for the
fossilized tropical vegetation that has been found near today's
polar regions. Or, the amber may have been 'charged' by the
negative ions in dry winds, or ozone resulting from lightning
strikes. All resulting, as you've described, in "both the high
percentage of oxygen and [the] elevated atmospheric pressure"
within those ancient air bubbles -- which baffled scientists
assume to be 'virgin ancient air'.
Another one bites the dust ?
Bill
At 05:32 PM 3-6-2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Reid,
> Are we talking about ancient air trapped in amber? I would
>imagine that a certain amount of moisture is likely to be trapped
>too in the sap originating from the dank penetralia of primeval
>jungle. Amber has well known static electrical properties.
>Could there have been an uptake of hydrogen into the amber from
>any dissociated water. That which is taken up would have left
>behind higher pO2, and then more water would dissociate.
>Even though the reaction would be ultra slow it would be driven
>to the right over millenia. By Occam's razor you can account
>for both the high percentage of oxygen and elevated atmospheric
>pressure.
> The real disadvantage to this theory is that it is useless
>when trying to sell oxygen health products. Anyone want to buy
>some naturally hydrogenated amber?
>Vincent
>
>
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