In reply to  Jones Beene's message of Mon, 8 Dec 2008 14:32:08 -0800 (PST):
Hi,
[snip]

Hydrogen gas was added to the experiment.

>Robin,
>
>You have backed into what I have been saying all along i.e. that there is way 
>to little hydrogen available for a substantial part of what is reported not to 
>be 13C... 
>
>ie. the H:C ratio is 10:14 at best - but since in the table near the end of 
>the experiment, he sees some methane, some CH3 and other aromatic compound 
>which take away the small amount of H which is there at the beginning -- then 
>the tiny amount of hydrogen left over is simply not enough to account for the 
>fact that something like 10^20 atoms of 12C must have been converted to 13C.
>
>Jones
Regards,

Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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