In reply to Frederick Sparber's message of Wed, 10 May 2006 09:33:52 -0600: Hi, [snip] >Robin did an inventory of atmospheric Argon-40 based on >the earth's lithosphere-hydrosphere Potassium abundance and the numbers >suggest (to me) that Electronium (*e-) formed in K-40 decay (even in rocks) >is in the electron cloud of Argon-40 daughter or in the electron cloud >of any (O or CO2, O2) water H2O that was nearby at the time of the K-40 >Positron Decay. [snip] Actually, I just used Jones' number for K concentration in the ocean to calculate the total K in the oceans, and compared it to the total Ar in the atmosphere. IOW I didn't take K in the lithosphere into account at all.
I reasoned that a continual exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere was possible[1] while K in the lithosphere tends to be locked up (until it dissolves and washes into the ocean). [1] Hydrinohydride binding with K in the ocean would form gaseous Ar which would rise to the surface and mix with the air. Ar in the air which was exposed to cosmic rays would lose it's bound hydrinohydride becoming K again, and would soon dissolve in rain water and end up back in the ocean. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
