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lifecycle-kit / chem / chainStability

Function: chainStability()

chainStability(symbol, kelvin): number

Defined in: chem/biochemistry.ts:59

How well an element's chains survive at a given temperature.

Two competing effects, both measured:

• Hydrolysis. Si-Si and Si-O-Si bonds are attacked by liquid water; carbon chains are not. This is the single strongest reason Earth is carbon-based, and it stops applying above the boiling point.
• Thermal cleavage. Every bond breaks once kT approaches its energy. Carbon's stronger bonds survive further, but not indefinitely — above roughly 800 K organic chemistry is unravelling while silicones are not.

The result is a genuine crossover rather than a fudge: carbon dominates the liquid-water range, silicon becomes viable once water is gone, and both fail in the extreme heat where nothing holds together.

Parameters

symbol

Backbone

kelvin

number

Returns

number