Hypersonic Physics, Deep Sea Life & Princeton's Millisecond Qubits
EP 17
·48:32

Bleach-level pH 12.6, 3.5°C, and nutrient scarcity

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48:32cleaner. >> Yeah, it might it might cure COVID. I I heard that. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, so we just got to go to the Mariana's Trench, >> right? Get it and then drink it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But somehow, so these bacteria don't have CO for sure because they live there in that bleach and oven cleaner of 12.6. And just to tell you just how bad that is, right? So the pH of water is 7. Water is at a pH of 7. And what that means is pH means percent hydronone hydrogen ion. >> Okay. Um it's a log scale meaning that water has a concentration of H+ which is 10 the -7 moles per liter. Moles is a is a unit of the amount of stuff. It it has

49:14to do with Avagadro's number. It's about 10 the 23 thingies. Like a dozen is 12. A mole is 10 the 23 * 6. >> So I'm not I'm not going to order a mole of cupcakes from >> But you would order a mole of water. >> Oh, actually no. A mole of water is like I think 55 L. So maybe not but something like that. Like a mole of carbon 12 would be 12 g. >> Got it. >> Right. >> So um that means that there's about 10 the 15 hydrogen ions per liter. >> Mhm. >> In just normal water that we drink. >> Okay. >> Something with a pH of 12.6 Six means that there's 10,000 fewer hydrogen ions and 10,000 more O

49:58minus ions because the oxygen the the H2O can split into an H+ and O minus. Yep. Right. >> 10,000 more O minus ions and 10,000 fewer H+ ions. That is an incredibly basic environment. There's all these O molecules with a minus, right? They're an ion. They're it's extremely reactive. And the fact that anything can just like stay stable down there is incredible. >> Got it. Okay. Yeah. So what we're trying to identify is the base environment in which we are trying to even operate >> is not ridiculous is not conducive to

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