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Scientists Create Compound With a Single Element

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-bit-of-a-hermit dept.

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."

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  1. More like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Boring Boride

    WTF is this drek

  2. Re:I don't understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you're going to read a bunch of comments, why don't you do that *before* asking a question?