Tuesday, 25 September 2012

the moon - Why does Titan's atmosphere not start to burn?

Titan is one of Saturn's moons. Titan has a dense atmosphere, at about 1.5 bars. It also seems to have lakes of liquid methane.



For a conventional combustion, you would need a good Methane-Oxygen mix. Every combustion is basically an oxidization. Apart from very energetic events, such as SL9 hitting Jupiter, you will need quite a bit of oxygen to get a nice, explosive fireball in Titan's atmosphere.



According to Wikipedia, you need two Oxygen molecules for every Methane molecule you want to burn.

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