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Scientists Create Compound With a Single Element
rocketman768 writes "An international team of researchers including scientists at the Carnegie Institution has discovered a new chemical compound that consists of a single element: boron. Chemical compounds are conventionally defined as substances consist of two or more elements, but the researchers found that at high pressure and temperature pure boron can assume two distinct forms that bond together to create a novel 'compound' called boron boride."
Sorry, had to say it. :)
I used to have a sig, but I set it free and it never came back.
"Nobody does it like molten boron"
http://theinfosphere.org/images/thumb/7/78/Molten_Boron.jpg/200px-Molten_Boron.jpg
I think my head just exploded. Compound, of one element. What next transparent aluminum?
Geez, get with the program! Next, an element made of two different atomic molecules.
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Call me when they make Hydrogen HexaHydride!
---- Now, where did I put that knife.....
Boron Boride, the nobleman? This discovery is an abomination, like the Boride of Frankenstein. And isn't Boron the cousin of the famous Ukranian trumpet player, Boris Boride? I know, my jokes are so bad you must think I'm a total stupid boron. What happens when you drill the surface of something? You boron it. What happens when the drill goes out of control and starts flopping all over the place and you're stuck on top? Boron bo-ride!
Ok I'll stop.
The world you experience is only a close approximation of reality.
Finally out of Bad Karma hell, lets see how long THAT lasts.
You won't help the situation by joking around (no Karma for Funny), you need to bash Microsoft or something.
Me lost me cookie at the disco.
Well, he did say he only THINKS his head exploded.
By the theory of Occam's Razor, it's much likely he's just delusional...
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
Because boron boride is actually the cure for cancer. You'll see.
Because boron boride is actually the cure for cancer. You'll see.
Yes, first you need to pressurize the patient to 100,000 atmospheres. Tada! You're no longer going to die of cancer.
is compounding your embarassment
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Oxyboron.
Best. Tag. Ever.
I _actually_ blew snot over my keyboard laughing when I saw that.
Milla Jovavich is carved out of Boron? I don't believe it!
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
Reduced to physics? Reduced to physics!! Grr. If its being 'reduced' to physics, then is the rest of it unscientific alchemy?
I'm a machinest.
Reduced to physics? Reduced to physics!! Grr.
If its being 'reduced' to physics, then is the rest of it unscientific alchemy?
Mathematics.