With sufficient displacement of O2 molecules a person can die. The CO is displacing the 02 molecules but does not providing any oxygen necessary for life.
#Real life krypton element skin#
A sign the poisoning is complete is the green cast present in the skin of the now dead Kryptonian.Ī nice analogy to describe the effect is Kryptonite functions, in a fashion similar to "carbon monoxide poisoning" where carbon monoxide molecules are being taken up by blood's hemoglobin instead of the normal Oxygen molecules. This cellular energy displacement of the stored solar energy with Kryptonite radiation can, depending on the purity and exposure length, lead to the death of a Kryptonian by a form of "radiation poisoning". (See SE Article: In comics how many people have been killed by Superman?) Post-Crisis Superman was immune to green Kryptonite from their universe and was unaffected by its radiations.
This fact was discovered by Post-Crisis Superman when he was forced to execute the Phantom Zone villains of another Universe after they had killed everyone on Earth. Green Kryptonite was lethal to any Kryptonian from the same universe the Kryptonite was derived from. In almost all known continuities, it is Green Kryptonite which has proven to be lethal to Kryptonians who have been exposed to its radiation. Not only does it prevent the further absorption of solar energy, it displaces, painfully, said solar energy with Kryptonite radiation causing the immediate loss of a Kryptonian's superhuman abilities within seconds. Kryptonite's inherent radioactivity inhibits the absorption of solar energy which Kryptonians use to catalyze their feats of superhuman ability. Over the decades, we are given a variety of reasons it works, but just vague enough we cannot be exact on the process within his cellular activity. Okay, there are a few pseudo-scientific attempts at creating a chemical composition but none of them have any basis in reality.*ĭC's writers have never made an official "scientific" rationalization as to HOW Kryptonite works. It's atomic number or compound structure has never been official determined. Kryptonite is a radioactive transuranic element or compound (we are never told which for certain). Most depictions indicate it was only the core of the planet which was comprised of Kryptonite, though some of the earlier ones indicated any piece of Krypton that came to Earth was considered Kryptonite. Each color had specific capabilities and environmental effects which were caused by exposures to different radiations, natural phenomena or scientific experimentation. Some were exposed to various cosmological effects in the Silver Age, Kryptonite came in a variety of colors. Other pieces were thought to arrive later. Many pieces of Kryptonite arrive on Earth because they traveled near the space-ship Jor-El sent baby Kal-El to Earth in. Kryptonite's origins vary but most describe its creation at the core of the planet Krypton and were in some continuities responsible for the violent chain reaction which lead to the destruction of that world, killing all of its inhabitants.ĭuring the Silver Age, it was theorized the chain reaction could have been stopped but the Green Lantern assigned by the Oans to deliver the stabilizing agent was delayed by a supernova and did not arrive in time. From chemistry: Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous such as bromite, chlorite, iodite, phosphite, sulfite.Given when it was created, most people had a very limited scientific background including the writers, thus its name is likely a very simple fusion of an exotic sounding material (Krypton) and the ( -ite) suffix which in chemistry denotes a chemical compound. Up until then, Superman couldn't be stopped by anything for long. Kryptonite was needed as a storytelling device to incapacitate the Man of Steel and allow him to have a weakness. Kryptonite first appeared on a radio broadcast in 1943 and made its first non-green appearance in 1949’s Superman #61, we would not actually see the signature GREEN Kryptonite until 1951 in Action Comics #161.Krypton is inert for most practical purposes. It is a member of group 18 (noble gases) elements.Ī colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, krypton occurs in trace amounts in the atmosphere, is isolated by fractionally distilling liquefied air, and is often used with other rare gases in fluorescent lamps.
Krypton (from Greek: κρυπτός kryptos "the hidden one") is a chemical element with symbol Kr and atomic number 36. There are a number of versions of Kryptonite over the seven decades Superman has existed, but no matter when it is described, it is almost never composed entirely of the noble gas, Krypton. No, Kryptonite is not made of the element Krypton.
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