Why Doesn't Hydrogen Bonding Occur Through Skin Contact?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around the question of why hydrogen bonding does not occur through skin contact, exploring the conditions necessary for hydrogen bonding and the composition of human skin. Participants engage in conceptual reasoning regarding the nature of hydrogen bonds and their relevance to biological interactions.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Conceptual clarification, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant questions why hydrogen bonds do not form through skin contact, despite the presence of hydrogen in human skin.
  • Another participant asks about the necessary conditions for hydrogen bonding and the strength of such bonds.
  • Some participants note that hydrogen bonds typically require an electronegative atom, such as oxygen, and question why this does not lead to bonding in skin.
  • There is a suggestion that no experiments have confirmed the occurrence of hydrogen bonding through skin contact.
  • A participant challenges others to consider how an experiment to test this phenomenon could be designed.
  • One participant highlights that skin is composed of various elements and proteins, such as keratin, which may complicate the understanding of hydrogen bonding in this context.
  • A later post draws an analogy between hydrogen bonding and gravity, posing additional questions about physical interactions.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express uncertainty regarding the formation of hydrogen bonds through skin contact, with no consensus reached on the reasons or mechanisms involved. Multiple viewpoints and questions remain unresolved.

Contextual Notes

Participants reference the complexity of skin composition and the conditions required for hydrogen bonding, but do not provide a definitive framework for understanding these interactions in the context of skin contact.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may be of interest to those exploring biochemistry, molecular biology, or the physical interactions of biological systems.

Philipsmett
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if the human skin consists of hydrogen, then why does not happen hydrogen bond through contact with something or with another person?
 
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DrClaude said:
What are the conditions necessary to form a hydrogen bond? How strong are hydrogen bonds?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bond
hydrogen bonds require an electronegative atom such as oxygen, but it also makes up our skin, why does a hydrogen bond not occur?
 
Philipsmett said:
why does a hydrogen bond not occur?

Why do you think it doesn't?
 
Borek said:
Why do you think it doesn't?

I do not find any experiment where this process is confirmed.
 
Philipsmett said:
I do not find any experiment where this process is confirmed.

Can you think how such experiment would be done? Can you plan one?
 
Philipsmett said:
if the human skin consists of hydrogen, then why does not happen hydrogen bond through contact with something or with another person?
DrClaude said:
How strong are hydrogen bonds?
Why don't apple fall towards us when we also have gravity?
When I jump and fall down, why don't the Earth shake?
Basiclly the same thing.
 

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