https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-liquids-in-titans-lakes-stratify-into-different-density-layers/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:35:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-liquids-in-titans-lakes-stratify-into-different-density-layers/#comment-1089346 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:35:10 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=69535#comment-1089346 Saturn’s Moon Titan
Dr. Chris McKay (NASA Ames Research Center)
Silicon Valley Astronomy Public Lecture
2011
https://youtu.be/bbkTJeHoOKY
1:23:33

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-liquids-in-titans-lakes-stratify-into-different-density-layers/#comment-1089345 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:20:17 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=69535#comment-1089345 LNG tanks on earth also stratify due to the mixture of different components having different boiling points and vapor pressures. Eventually there is an event called a rollover where a large amount of super-heated liquid come to the surface and rapidly vaporizes.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-liquids-in-titans-lakes-stratify-into-different-density-layers/#comment-1089320 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 02:36:49 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=69535#comment-1089320 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00289#:~:text=We%20find%20that%20%28i%29%20the%20solubility%20of%20nitrogen,increases%20upon%20increasing%20the%20mole%20fraction%20of%20methane.

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