The Distribution of Natural Radionuclides in the Plant Mass. The Initiators of the Appearance of Life on Earth.

The distributions of heavy metals, trace amounts of natural radionuclides and other inorganic components in environmental objects were studied. The K 40 radioisotope is identified in all environmental objects. Initiation of the process by ionizing radiation and further elementary reactions of active particles creates the real condition for the highly endothermic processes of dissociation of water and carbon dioxide molecules, synthesis of new organic molecules and molecular oxygen. The role of gamma radiation of K 40 radioisotope should be taken into account at comprehensive analysis of initial stage of photosynthesis. This conclusion is consistent with the revealed facts of increased plant yields on soils with relatively high concentrations of natural radioisotopes, observation of photosynthesis under thick layers of water in the presence of only long- wave infrared rays or in the absence of chlorophyll and oxygen. An experiment was performed on the synthesis of organic substances from a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen on the surface of iron and cobalt, coated with carbide clusters, formed during processing at 573 K in an atmosphere of carbon monoxide. The obtained results indicate that the most likely direction of the formation of organic substances from mixtures of molecular hydrogen and carbon oxides is the thermal hydrogenation at 300-573 K of carbide clusters covering the surface of metals (radiation-thermal hydrogenation has a higher speed). A significant fraction of organic matter on the Earth is formed during the solidification and cooling of the surface of a ƒ??hotƒ? planet from 600 K to 300 K. Further formation of heavy hydrocarbons from light hydrocarbons can occur with the participation of ionizing rays and under the influence of UV rays. In addition to these reactions on a completely cooling (up to 300 K) planet this process continued by the vital activity of living organisms and during photosynthesis.

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