Evaluating Alternatives to Water as Solvents for Life: The Example of Sulfuric Acid
The chemistry of life requires a solvent, which for life on Earth is water. Several alternative solvents have been suggested, but there is little quantitative analysis of their suitability as solvents for life. To support a novel (non-terrestrial) biochemistry, a solvent must be able to form a stabl...
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2021
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133191 |