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To: akalinin

Oxygen is the second most corrosive element in the Universe, only fluorine is more active.

Oxygen only exists as a free element in the earth’s atmosphere because of the constant replenishment through photosynthesis. There may be other forms of photosynthesis elsewhere, but the practicality of uncombined oxygen, in the absence of frequent replenishment, is highly unlikely.


8 posted on 10/28/2015 1:34:59 PM PDT by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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To: alloysteel

I wonder if life could develop that breathes fluorine.


11 posted on 10/28/2015 2:10:00 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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