Moab*2: See the vortex thread, "Of Reaction Rate and Resonances..."
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg83767.html I think the research referenced in that thread makes a VERY important point: Reaction rates are determined by at least 2 factors: heat and resonances. And the mainstream scientific understanding really doesn't take into consideration resonances. which is why it was unexpected or surprising. The implications for industrial processes is obvious. any industrial process that requires high heat to increase reaction rates may be made considerably cheaper but simply finding a resonant temperature! -mark From: Moab Moab [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 4:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Vo]: quantum tunneling increases chemical reaction rate at very low temperatures http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112887638/quantum-tunneling-methoxy-radi cals-space-chemical-compounds-063013/ "In this new work, methanol and an oxidizing chemical called the 'hydroxyl radical' were allowed to mix at minus 210 degrees Celsius, simulating conditions of deep space. They found that the methoxy radicals were produced as a result of quantum tunneling. Not only that, but the reaction rate was 50 times that of similar mixing at room temperature." "If our results continue to show a similar increase in the reaction rate at very cold temperatures, then scientists have been severely underestimating the rates of formation and destruction of complex molecules, such as alcohols, in space,"
