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A New Kind of Chemistry

Posted by Hemos on from the rethinking-atoms dept.

pq writes "Reasearchers at VCU, Pennsylvania State have created "superatoms" of aluminium and iodine that behave like the alkaline earth metals. From the article: "Our production of such a species is a stirring development that may lead to new compounds with a completely new class of chemistry and applications". Another article on Biomedcentral"

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  1. Re:Ugh... Get your facts by AlgaeEater · · Score: 4, Informative

    Corrosion. def: a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action.

    Corrosion tends to be used for a continual process of deterioration whereas the oxidation coating formed on aluminium is very stable and prevents any further corrosion. A similar thing happens with the carbon lattice in diamond; it is a hydrogen coating rather than oxygen though.

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