Super Critical Fluid Carbon Dioxide

[Moontanman]

Would liquid CO2 be considered a polar fluid? The reason i ask is that the surface of Venus is not just covered by hot CO2 the CO2 is a super critical fluid which makes the surface covered by oceans of liquid CO2.. just curious at the moment but mountain tops stick out of the fluid resulting less erosion on mountain tops. Seems like an oddly similar condition to earths water oceans...

[weiming1998]

No, carbon dioxide is not polar. Although the C=O bond is somewhat polar, the molecule's symmetry balances out the polarity, resulting in a non-polar molecule. Thus, liquid CO2 is non-polar.

[John Cuthber]

"the surface of Venus is not just covered by hot CO2 the CO2 is a super critical fluid which makes the surface covered by oceans of liquid CO2."

Which is it? SCF or liquid?

IIRC it's far too hot for the stuff to be liquid.

[Moontanman]

"the surface of Venus is not just covered by hot CO2 the CO2 is a super critical fluid which makes the surface covered by oceans of liquid CO2."

Which is it? SCF or liquid?

IIRC it's far too hot for the stuff to be liquid.

 

 

Ok, I thought that SCF was a liquid, my bad...