I guess then that there are just too many variables in the picture to accurately plot a chart of this so to speak. Just reinforces just why we all are so anal about oil, right there G-man?
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Good read there buster, now a question on that read. Given that we know VII's will eventually shear permanently, do we have the ability to predict just how many shears, or how long of in service "tugging" (for lack of a better word) that they will last before being chemically changed into the shorter molecules?
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Not chemicaly changed but physicaly changed as in molecule is broke in pieces,
bruce
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I still don't get it.
I understand that they are smaller, and don't bulk up and interact with each other as much.
Just wondering what happens to the sheared ends (e.g. a hydrocarbon chain, chopped off must have something attach itself to the reactive end).
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Exactly. The chopped molecule has an unpaired electron, which can react with any of the other radicals floating around.