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and would carbon desolve in liquid hyrogen to form hydro carbons?

2006-10-21 16:55:00 · 3 answers · asked by carol s 2 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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The critical point of molecular hydrogen is at -239.9 degrees C and 12.9 atm. (The critical points for deuterium and tritium, isotopes of hydrogen that have masses of 2 and 3 amu instead of 1, are slightly different.)

At any temperature above -239.9C, or pressure above 12.9 atm, hydrogen is a supercritical fluid, and there is no distinctinction between the gas and liquid phases....they simply don't exist as separate phases. The first answer is therefore correct; if you pressurize hydrogen at room temperature, it will just continuously get denser (until it solidifies). In order to have a separate liquid phase, the hydrogen must be cooled below -239.9C.

2006-10-21 18:04:04 · answer #1 · answered by hfshaw 7 · 1 0

To exist as a liquid, H2 must be pressurised and cooled to a very low temperature, 20.27 K (−423.19 °F/-252.88°C)

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2006-10-21 19:11:56 · answer #2 · answered by cyl29 2 · 0 0

Unless the temperature is lowered it will never turn into a liquid, it will just become more dense. Carbon will not dissolve to form hydrocarbons.

2006-10-21 17:01:55 · answer #3 · answered by Robert A 5 · 0 0

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