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2010年5月8日 星期六

2016: 隨心所欲?

某一次在某廊中一個高人給了我一個鐵鍋,他是高人所以可以從二樓輕易到飄下來,我學他只有趺倒,幸好這層算是比一般的一層樓還要高,卻不足以令我趺斷腳,我就是從這個鐵鍋開始研究我的份子食物組合儀,沒有他我可能一世都一事無成。

後來一次和朋友聚會,酒酣耳熱之際,我就開始談對這套理論的意見,我研究它本來是為了吸引異性,方便我和其他女人鬼混,二來就是方便我煮飯煮餸。這研究是無心插柳柳成蔭之作,後來就和這班朋友的部份開了一個研究室專心開發此科技。想不到這科技完全改變了煮食界的面貌,簡直是客人想吃什麼就什麼,完全隨心所慾。

在這科技實現後的新世界,我偶然到了舊中學來探望,只不見有什麼教師,而一大班學生在興高采烈地跳舞,這就是將來的體育堂,有了先進科技的協助,一兩個教師已經可以管理一大間學校,我還看到以前的呂祥光的陳副校長及兩個相識的教師,不過一轉身就只剩下他們的衣服,我好像進了一間房。

另一次我就以非研究者的身份趁無人工作時進自己的辦公室,可能我是在打坐時靈魂出竅 而到了未來,這裏感覺又像是父親井財街的公司,我十分好奇地翻開當中的相片來看,當中既沒有未來的妻子冰漓,似乎亦看不到自己,這些人好像是我的小學同學,但我認不出自己。再打開電腦,發覺它的系統既不是MS-Windows又不是Mac亦不是Linux,應該是一種未發明的作業系統。過了一會,Koei這位以前的日本朋友進來了,就說我一直以來都是在研發人員中是個大怪人,我會把相作某種別人不明白的抃列,故意把事情複雜化,所以我必須明白這排列順序的意義是不是一好對一壞,或者是過去對未來才可以看明白這些相片的意思,除了Koei之外,沒有其他人理會我。

又有一次我成了探員,或者是冒充成為探員去查自己的案,其他人似乎不知道,這樣就容許我隨意把案件的結論組織,我算是太好運,之前怎樣做錯事也不怕。

這個未來的世界是沒有金錢的觀念,就是多得我和一組人員共同研發出來的份子食物製造儀,它可以生產食物,自然也可以生產任何物件,這樣人類過往的以勞力去換取物質的生活模式就要改寫了,因為人人要得到生活所需只要按一個製,可謂事事都是舉手之勞。所謂工作其實都是自願,沒有任何的強迫成份。這時見到一幕在盛宴中人人開懷歡笑,就像以前中文課本的某一節,我是有影孤隻單的感覺,好像我的妻子一去就不再回來。說是自由,其實天天的性愛都減不了內心的空虛。
我最後想到一家小學參觀,這感覺就像冰漓中學母校附近的老鼠洲公園,我認得它像船出海的燈檯,我不過只是在校園外面隔着玻璃看看,這班小學生卻像是十分緊張似的,即時武裝起來,而當時他們有個教師在教中文,他教的方式也不外是按一個掣,這已是他想盡辨法用全程用人手去做的,但是依然很空閒。

2009年5月21日 星期四

Why Hydrochloric acid aren't classify as organic acid?

I can still remember the look of my F.4 Chemistry teacher when I ask him the question as stated in title.My thought is like this: Organic acid must related to what organism produce and secret, therefore we can assume any chemical found in any organism, that must be organic. However Hydrochloric acid is such an troubling exception to the rule. Only did later I found the accurate definition of ogranic acid as any acid contain the element of life: The all powerful Carbon. Why must they use this definition instead of mine?
Furthermore, I thought that natural is by definition resist classification, for order is what conscious mind impose to the universe.(Classification is what make conscious mind conscious.) Thus this could be taken as evidence against any variant of Intelligent Design/Creationism, since it would be difficult for any human being to imagine such an unogranized creator/designer.
Now, since inorganic substance could be produced by organic organism using mechanisms and rules of organic Chemistry, why can't we reverse the process for inorganic material to produce organic compound using inorganic Chemistry, logically speaking?

為什麼胃酸不是有機酸?

我中四時修化學提出的問題,既然胃酸是在人或哺乳類的消化器官分泌出來,為什麼它不如在生果中常見的果酸一樣,被歸類作有機酸?
此一問題一出,中四教化學的老師頓時啞口無言,後來他四處宣揚我是天才,大慨也因為此事。我後來才知道果酸被視作有機酸,因為它的化學成份有地球生命必不可少的元素:炭,炭特別的地方在於它是化學週期表第四,可化合出最大種類的化合物。
另一個想法是,有機和無機只是人類相當隨便的分類,想凡是自然過程而來的,則必不然能可清清楚楚的分類,如此是反駁智慧設計論最好的證據,因為人類意識的基礎在於分類,很難想像出如此「雜亂無章」的設計者;此外,我又想到如果有機的生物可以化合出無機的氫化氯(Hydrochloric acid),為什麼無機之物不可以用相反的過程化育出有機之物?有情孕育無情,無情自是有情!

2008年5月23日 星期五

Principle of extracting energy from chemical reaction

Suppose there is an endothermic chemical reaction like: A+B+ Heat energy K1→C+D

Now with Catalyst X, A+B+ (Catalyst X)+ Heat energy K2→C+D

Consider the reverse reaction, C+D(Catalyst Y)→A+B+Heat Energy K1

If we found Catalyst X and Y then we have can earn energy of amount of K2-K1; we thus have a means for producing free energy.

An explanation of how Catalyst work?

This is just an elaborated recap from my Chemistry class: To simplify the discussion, we assume only two reactants is to be react to produce a new product and water. And both reactants is in the form of a long rods(which has only two heads). Now these two reactants would react if mixed together. Increased the thermal energies of both would increase the chance of collision of the rods of reactant, therefore increase the chance of the reacting sides of the reactant to encounter the reacting side of the other reactant so reaction could take place. Therefore the key to increase the chance of the reacting sides of the reactant to encounter each other. How does Catalyst work?
It work by increase the chance of the reacting sides of the reactant to encounter each other since the Catalyst has affinity for both rods at the end which is not involved in the reaction. Thus directly exposing the reacting end of one rod of reactant to another reacting end of one rod of reactant. As compare to the case without Catalyst, there are only one fourth of a chance for the reacting end of one rod of reactant meet with reacting end of the rod of another reactant. Therefore the chance of reaction take place is dramatically increased. Where does the Catalyst to borrow the energy necessary to speed up the reaction?

Simple, it is the electromagnetic attraction of one site of Catalyst to the non-reacting end of the rod of one reactant in the left, and the electromagnetic attraction of one site of Catalyst to the non-reacting end of the rod of another reactant in the right. Consider the simplest case which Catalyst is in the middle of two reactants, two reactants would be attracted toward the Catalyst gradually until the two reacting ends of the rods of both reactant reach the middle, then the chemical reaction take place. Thus, in a sense, the reaction has borrowed energy from the electromagnetic fields of two reactants and the Catalyst in the form of kinetic energies of both reactants. Since the rate of reaction has increased as compared to the effect which the temperatures of both reactants are increased, therefore energies from electromagnetic fields of the both reactants and the Catalyst are extracted to speed up the reaction.
Catalyst is just one instance which energies of electromagnetic fields is playing the role of increasing/decreasing the rate of reaction of two reactant. We could similarly extend this idea to describe the process of how other non-rod like reactants is accelerated/decelerated by presence of Catalyst.

A Corollary from ‘Catalyst as source of energy’ hypothesis

Since there exist Catalyst to increase the speed of certain chemical reactions, therefore it follows that it should exists Reverse-Catalyst to slow down the reaction of certain chemical reactions. How does that work?

Since Catalyst increase the speed of certain chemical reactions by attracting reactants to itself so the reacting ends of the reactants are exposed to each other in a shorter distance compare to the case without the presence of Catalyst. So to reverse the effect of Catalyst of speeding up chemical reactions, we just need to engineer a Catalyst which would attracting reactants to itself so the non-reacting ends of the reactants are exposed to each other in a shorter distance compare to the case without the presence of Reverse-Catalyst, thus those reactants which are attached/attracted to the Reverse-Catalyst would reduced the chance which chemical reaction take place between the reactants. Now to maintain the rate of reaction as compared to case without the Reverse-Catalyst, thermal energies of the reactants would have to increased
. Thus, in a sense, thermal energy is necessary to overcome the effect of the Reverse-Catalyst. Therefore if we accept the hypothesis that Catalyst has input extra kinetic energy into increase the rate of reaction, then logically we must also accept the hypothesis that Reverse-Catalyst has absorbed extra kinetic energy into decrease the rate of reaction. That Catalyst and Reverse-Catalyst could be a way to provide electrical energy, and an answer to the energy crisis.

Catalyst in the Chain of Causality?

Taking the analogy from the discussion of Catalyst and Reverse-Catalyst in chemical reactions to Psychology, we could suppose there exists a kind of personality which help catalysis certain effect in the chain of causality and other personality which help to reduce certain effect in the chain of causality. Applying the analogy, tension is generated and absorbed by these personalities to increase/decrease the rate of certain type of interactions between other personalities. That actually is a Buddhist idea.

2008年5月16日 星期五

Commentary and my version of ‘How salt dissolve in water’

I am writing this as my own version of Euler’s ‘How salt dissolve in water’. Presumably, when its author is writing that article, he is describing it in the level of electrons since only the outlying electrons of atoms would repel each other. In my opinion, we can describe it in a more appropriate level: Atomic level. Moreover, that article consider only the thermal energy of the water molecules and salt, ignoring the electronic forces between the salt and water molecules. Therefore I attempted to offer a more comprehensive picture of the process by combing all forces.
Consider Salt itself is consisted of chloride ions and sodium ions packed together. As it is dropped into water, it is more likely that salt remove water molecules by displacement than electronic repulsion. As for the consideration of electronic forces, the repulsion and attraction of the same molecules of water by the ions is likely to resulted in molecules turning toward the salt, so the reaction on the ions is thus likely in the outward direction for the ions. Otherwise when the totality of electronic force acting on the molecules are repulsive rather than attractive, it also aid the dissolving process as water molecules would bounce back from the boundary (In case of a cup, it would bounce back from the glass; In case of ocean, it would bounce back from the shore.); thereby this time that water molecule is approaching the ions in the salt with increased kinetic energy. Thus, it speed up the next iteration of interactions between the ions and water molecules.
What are the effect of these interactions on the ions in the salt?
Undoubtedly, there are cases which the interaction resulted in the net repulsion between the water molecules and the ions. However, assume the water molecules are evenly distributed around the salt cube, the chance of ions repelled from the left side of the cube is identical with the chance of the ions repelled from the side of the cube. (If the forces are otherwise unbalanced, the net momentum gained by the cube would likely to erase this unbalance.) Since electrostatic force held the cube tightly, an effect on the left side is immediately felt on the right side of the opposite direction. Therefore the totality of the effect on the ions in the salt by the net repulsive interactions is very likely to neutralized. On the other hand, now, we consider the results of the net attractive interactions. Since there are more spaces outside the salt cube than inside, the pulling-outward effect on the left side of the salt cube is lesser likely to be ‘balanced’ by the pulling-outward effect of the right side of the salt cube. Thus the total effect of the net repulsive interactions between the water molecules and the ions, it is more likely to forcibly ‘expand’ the salt cubes. (which the thermal energy of the ions itself is most likely to aid the process as described by euler.) Combing the two net effect of interactions, the ions are thus stretched. As the distances between the ions increased, the electrostatic forces held them together become weaker. As the electrostatic force between the ions are weaker, the ions in the outermost layer of the salt cube thus has a higher chance of interacting with the water molecules, which resulted in more tearing effect on the salt cube(since the ions in the inner layer of the salt cube is insulated from the electrostatic interactions because the electrostatic force are decreased with distance squared, which it is furtherest from the water molecules.) Therefore, the outermost layer of the ions in the salt cube are gradually being tear away by the water molecules, exposing the next outermost layer of the ions in the salt cube to the electrostatic interaction between water molecules and ions. thereby the whole process happened again and again until the salt is completely dissolved in water.