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To: cosmicforce who wrote (5239)	2/9/2001 8:41:19 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Cosmicforce, Actually there is an excellent chance of some Mozart protons, even whole nuclei, if not of the identical molecule. I can't remember the exact maths now, but it's something like - take the number of nuclei in his body. Looking just at carbon, assume 5% by weight, assume he was 60kg = 3kg = 0.25 mol = 1.5x10^^23 nuclei - assume that all those nuclei are in the biosphere since they probably won't have moved into rocks yet -- assume even dispersal (I know...) Then the number of nuclei from Mozart in your body = ratio of your mass:biosphere * number of nuclei in Mozart. Biosphere is 2-4,000 billion tonnes of C Your mass <g> ~ 80 * 1.5 * 10^^23 Biosphere ~ 4 * 10^^15 Apply the fiddle factor (divide by 3) to allow for lack of dispersal, get a neat number, etc... And on average, you have 10^^11 carbon atoms from Mozart, give or take a factor of 10^^2. Say between 1 billion and 1 trillion. Probably more if your ancestors lived near Vienna. <vbg> You're not the only pedantic ex-chemist here.