Atomic structural templates of the earliest life on earth: vibration and lightning experiments with quartz and amino acids

• Autorzy: Pawlikowski M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The atomic structure of minerals and organic molecules is remarkably similar. In particular, between minerals and amino acids, which are the building blocks of life on Earth. The hypothesis tested here is the possibility of energy transfer from minerals to amino acids, in the form of solar energy. The experiments tested the theory that the brighter intensity of light in the early Earth may have kick -started the chemical reactions needed for life. The scenario under investigation is that of light reacting with quartz sand grains exposed at the surface. The quartz grains contain water within the pore spaces, which has basic amino acid structures within in. The experiments determined that the vibration of piezoelectric quartz altered the structure of amino acid molecules.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

quartz; acids; templates

• Wydawca: nakł. Maciej Pawlikowski
• Czasopismo: Auxiliary Sciences in Archaeology, Preservation of Relics and Environmental Engineering
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: nr 14
• Strony: 1--8
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 11 poz., rys., zdj.

Twórcy

autor

Pawlikowski M.

• Lab. Biomineralogy, Cathedral Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry, Faculty Geology, Geophysics and Protection of Environments, AGH University of Science and Technology

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