[meteorite-list] Serious question?

From: Philip R. Burns <pib_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:56 2004
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030916164633.03057df8_at_pibburns.com>

At 09:05 PM 9/16/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>Good point Tom. Also, Philip, I apologise for the fact that I don't have the
>link to the info. about oxidization without the element oxygen, in whatever
>compound. It's way beyond me. Are so many well educated people so set in
>their ways as to disregard the obvious?

I'm not sure what you're asking. Is oxidation possible without oxygen?
Sure, that's basic chemistry. All oxidations involve a transfer of
electrons from one thing to another thing. That other thing receiving the
electrons is the oxidation agent, which is often but not always oxygen.

Are you asking if someone has proposed that a non-oxygen-based oxidation
process is responsible for the red color of Mars? I don't know the answer
to that.


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Received on Tue 16 Sep 2003 05:53:25 PM PDT