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sort of. while the surface of Venus is to hot to support liquid substances that could be found on earth, and to cold to melt salts, metal, and rock, in effect its entire surface is a giant ocean. due to it's substantial atmospheric pressure (92bar) co2 and n2 exist as super critical fluids on the surface of Venus. a super critical fluid is a substance that is at a temperature and pressure were the phase distinction between liquid and gas disappears. such substances behave like liquids and gases because they can both effuse through solids and act as solvents. the super critical co2 is of particular interest because it can dissolve both polar and no-npolar substances and thus could serve as a alternative biological solvent to water. additionally sulfur and some sulfur based compounds could theoretically exist as true liquids at the temperatures and pressures present on the surface of Venus, however if such liquids exist, it is unlikely that the are present in large quantities as they would have been detected by the radar mapping techniques that have been employed in the study of Venus's surface.

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