Which is stronger, silicon-based life or carbon-based life?

Carbon has some advantages that silicon does not have. Carbon is much more active than silicon, and it is very easy to form arbitrarily large complex molecules, while silicon is not. Moreover, the bonding ability of silicon is poor and the chemical bond is unstable. That is to say, the long chain of organic molecules formed by silicon has poor thermal stability and is easy to break, and the silicon-hydrogen and silicon-oxygen bonds are easy to be broken by proton solvents (that is, solvents containing O-H bonds or N-H bonds). You should know that solvents with O-H bond (water) and N-H bond (ammonia) are very common in the universe.

From this point of view, if silicon-based life really exists, they are really fragile, even if the chemical bond drops slightly, it may cause fracture, that is, the structure of this life cannot be very large, and if it is too large, its stability is very poor. We humans, a carbon-based life, can fight against 10 silicon-based life. Because our own carbon-based macromolecular long chains are more stable than their bonding ability.

The biggest weakness of carbon-based life is instability, which is easily decomposed into carbon atoms by high-frequency waves. Therefore, carbon-based life is a relatively fragile life, but the distribution range of carbon-based life is still very wide. As we all know, many creatures in the world are carbon-based creatures, and so are humans. Carbon-based life is more complicated, so it can form a lot of polymer organic matter.

First, the characteristics of carbon-based life

The first characteristic of carbon-based life is complexity and changeability. A carbon element has four free electrons, and the reduction performance and oxidation of the electrons are relatively strong, so it is easy to become more complex polymer organisms such as some genes. This is the most basic condition for the formation of many creatures, which makes nature have more things in the world. If there are more free electrons outside carbon atoms, it is easy to form two extremes, so it is impossible to form complex molecules.

Another major feature of carbon-based life is that the chemical reaction speed is very fast. For life in nature, the most basic metabolism is accomplished through chemical reactions. For example, in the process of animal hunting, it is necessary to determine the position of prey through the continuous contraction of pupils. Although this is the basic ability of animals, it still needs the help of chemical reactions.

Second, the difference between carbon-based life and silicon-based life

Carbon-based life is the life foundation of living things, and silicon-based life exists outside carbon-based life. Carbon-based life is the most important life form, but carbon-based life can't survive without the earth. So far, carbon-based life can only survive on earth. This is because only the earth meets the living conditions of carbon-based life, and sufficient water and oxygen can make carbon-based life survive. The structure of silicon-based life is very simple, and the living conditions of carbon-based life and silicon-based life are different. Carbon-based life is suitable for living under stable conditions, while silicon-based life is suitable for living under more extreme conditions. Because in a stable environment, silicon-based life can easily combine with oxygen to form silicon dioxide, which will affect silicon-based life itself. Under extreme conditions, silicon-based life will be more tenacious.