Oxygen rise over time

The oxygen release rate is directly proportional to the cross-sectional area of the candle for a specific composition and also depends on the linear bum rate. Lower fuel contents decrease the bum rate slightly, eg, ca 2 wt % iron is the lower limit for rehable room temperature operation. Low temperature starts require at least 3.5 wt % iron. Another factor is direction of flow of the evolved gas. If the hot oxygen flows over the unbumed portion of the candle, as much as 15% rate iacreases can be produced. The bum time is halved for each 3.4 MPa (500 psi) pressure rise. The highest pressure that can be produced is ca 138 MPa (20,000 psi). 

Charting the rise of atmospheric oxygen over time... 

So, what of Gaia Our knowledge from the modern Earth carbon cycle suggests that inorganic processes could (probably) have maintained Earth s temperature within the bounds of 0-100°C. However, evidence from the rise of oxygen over time, displays a much more complex process, one which reflects the intricate interaction between organic and inorganic Earth processes. 

Data on vibrational relaxation times from interferometric studies, reported by White and Moore (Ref 8), show the rapid decrease of relaxation time with rise of relaxation zone temperature. Addition of up to 1% H2 to C>2 is shown to reduce the relaxation time and accelerate the reaction, but not to affect the maximum density. At a pressure of 0.001 atm, about 0.8 tort, the relaxation times would be in milliseconds instead of microseconds. The induction times for exothermic reaction are inversely proportional to the square root of the product of the number of moles of oxygen ([O2]) and the number of moles of hydrogen (IH2I) Per Hter, over the entire C J/LC ] range, to a good approximation. 

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