X-Message-Number: 1919 Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 21:32:48 EST From: (Terry Ford) Subject: CRYONICS A few years back I heard somewhere that a group of scientists were attempting to get a bunch of cells to (as close as scientifically possible) absoulte zero . As far as I can remember, the experiment was to attempt to actually freeze (or dramastically slow down) the electons and other atomic particles, therefore putting aging at about 1 yr for the cells/1,000,000,000 years on the outside world, or something like that. At the -200 or -50 or whatever temperatures that are currently used, wouldn't aging still occur (and decomposition)? As for trying to reach (as close as possible) to abs. zero, has anyone heard anything about this? -- Terry Ford [] >House, Nepean, Ontario, Canada, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way, Cluster A21< DISCALIMER: Any injuries occuring as a direct result from the reading of this message INCLUDING HEART PALPITATIONS is not my fault in any shape or form. [ Terry, you may want to retrieve Hugh Hixon's 19K byte article titled: "How Cold Is Cold Enough?", which explains the Arrhenius equation for rate of reaction vs. temperature. (It also mentions that once you reach the glass transition point and everything is immobilized, the reaction rate is considerably lower than what the Arrhenius equation predicts.) To retrieve this message, send email to me with the Subject line "CRYOMSG 0015". - KQB ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1919