Re: Too much heat?
Allen Roy (allen@infomagic.com)
Sun, 25 Jan 1998 20:38:30 -0800Glenn Morton wrote:
> At 11:41 PM 1/20/98 -0800, Allen Roy wrote:
> >Glenn Morton wrote:
> >> Each mole of limestone gives off around 270 kilocalories of heat per
> >> mole. To deposit the 4 x 10^21 moles of carbonate on the earth requires the
> >> emission of 1.15 x 10^27 calories. The heat generated per square
> >> centimeter is 1.15 x 10^27 calories/ 5.11x 10^18. There are 5.11 x 10^18
> >> square centimeters over the continents. Thus each square centimeter of earth
> >> must get rid of 224,939,698 calories during the time the limestone was
> >> deposited (1 year). If it is all deposited during the flood, that means
> >> that each square centimeter must radiate heat at a rate 7 times greater than
> >> that which we receive from the sun. Everyone would cook.
> >By the way the quantity 1.15 x 10^27 (which you computed above) is in
> >error. It should be 1.15 x 10^24.
>
> the 270 is KILOcalories. That is 270,000 the solar constant is 2 calories /
> cm^2. Thus the 10^27 stands.
>
You got me there. It was the sudden change in units mid paragraph that
messed me up.
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