X-Message-Number: 3904
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 15:01:09 -0500
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <>
Subject: Chlorine (was Re: SCI.CRYONICS Uploading)

> Free electrons can not exist in an aqueous solution,

Right.

> especially one that has a lot of chlorine in it as neurons do. A
> chlorine atom would grab a free electron and become an Cl- ion ...

No.  All of the chlorine is already in the form of chloride ions.  It's
the flow of chloride, sodium, potassium, and calcium ions which makes
neurons work.  Those are the electric charge carriers in the brain.

Pure chlorine is Cl2, two neutral chlorine atoms covalently bonded
to each other, and is extremely toxic.  Isolated individual neutral
chlorine atoms don't occur anywhere, except perhaps in outer space.



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