Re: How to analyze UFO-Parts ???

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From: frozencaveman
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:25

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In article <2d5631c0.0506071826.51a58320@posting.google.com>,
 pie_garnishment@lycos.com (Winnie Oakbob) wrote:

> A UFO recently crashed into my barn and I want to analyze the parts I found.
> 
> What do I need to analyze materials that were created by aliens from outer 
> space ???

i'll take a guess...
assuming that the aliens use the same periodic table we use.....

an icp/ms for metals/isotope analysis 
an lc/ms for high mw or fragile organics
a gc/ms for the other organics
a gpc might be helpful for high mw polymers.

thats just to analyze the material. that doesnt tell you what you have.

for example you may determine that some of the material is composed of 
mixture of metals and nonmetals. this material may be superconducting 
but that is not usually a determination made by analytical chemists. 
thats usually something physicists or material scientists do.

still, even though we could possible identify the composition of a 
material we may NOT be able to predict its properties. an example would 
be an undiscovered fullerene or polymer or even a life itself.  

i personally thought the problem was an easy one until fullerenes and 
nanotubes were discovered....thats a lot of chemistry and material 
science to discover and learn!

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