Rewriting the Periodic Table at High Pressure (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

Rewriting the Periodic Table at High Pressure

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At high pressure, extremely fascinating chemical structures with unusual qualities can arise, and reactions that are impossible under normal conditions can occur. In the dimension of pressure there is an unbelievable number of new combinations of atoms to investigate.

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Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology

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