http://trilema.com/2020/the-sulphur-dioxide-so2-cloud-above-wuhan/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:00:53 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 http://trilema.com/2020/the-sulphur-dioxide-so2-cloud-above-wuhan/#comment-147497 Mircea Popescu Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:35:11 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=91137#comment-147497 O wait, so you mean atomic number and molar mass ain't the same thing ? Sheeeit. O wait, so you mean atomic number and molar mass ain't the same thing ? Sheeeit.

]]> http://trilema.com/2020/the-sulphur-dioxide-so2-cloud-above-wuhan/#comment-147495 fghj Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:32:10 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=91137#comment-147495 N2 - 2x14g/mol=28g/mol O2 - 32g/mol Ar - 39 g/mol from that average molar mass of air 0.78*28+0.21*32+0.01*39=28.95 at 22,4l/mol that is 1.292 kg/m^3 air density is lower because 22.4l/mol (of ideal gas) is at 100.0 or 102.5 kPa I don't remember which and 273K temperature. Water vapour is 18g/mol but is least ideal gas (here be dragons and 41kJ/mol for phase change between gaseous and liquid water at 293K and about 100kPa). Sixth paragraph doesn't make sense. N2 - 2x14g/mol=28g/mol O2 - 32g/mol Ar - 39 g/mol from that average molar mass of air 0.78*28+0.21*32+0.01*39=28.95 at 22,4l/mol that is 1.292 kg/m^3 air density is lower because 22.4l/mol (of ideal gas) is at 100.0 or 102.5 kPa I don't remember which and 273K temperature. Water vapour is 18g/mol but is least ideal gas (here be dragons and 41kJ/mol for phase change between gaseous and liquid water at 293K and about 100kPa). Sixth paragraph doesn't make sense.

]]> http://trilema.com/2020/the-sulphur-dioxide-so2-cloud-above-wuhan/#comment-147493 Mircea Popescu Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:11:53 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=91137#comment-147493 You're supposed to be more explicit! You're supposed to be more explicit!

]]> http://trilema.com/2020/the-sulphur-dioxide-so2-cloud-above-wuhan/#comment-147489 fghj Tue, 11 Feb 2020 07:41:33 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=91137#comment-147489 Fatal error in 5th paragraph. Didn't check maths any further, but conclusion is obviously correct for anyone who ever sniffed burning coal. If someone tried to look for burning corpses via satellite the only way possibly mayhaps working would be looking for some fancy not too heavy organic compounds that are partially oxidized proteins. It would require doing some spectroscopy from space and probably it couldn't distinguish human from any other meat or maybe even plants. Fatal error in 5th paragraph. Didn't check maths any further, but conclusion is obviously correct for anyone who ever sniffed burning coal.
If someone tried to look for burning corpses via satellite the only way possibly mayhaps working would be looking for some fancy not too heavy organic compounds that are partially oxidized proteins. It would require doing some spectroscopy from space and probably it couldn't distinguish human from any other meat or maybe even plants.

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