Neat!

[theweaselking]

Scientists produce solid *alloy* of molecular hydrogen and oxygen.

And no, it's not "ice". Ice is H2O. This is H2 and O2 forming a crystal without bonding with each other.

Comments

[publius1.livejournal.com]

It's ice-9! BEWARE FELLOW HUMANS!

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Wasn't that the stuff Colin Farrell was insisting could TAKE OVER YOUR TOASTER THROUGH THE POWER CABLE?

(Yes, yes, Vonnegut blah blah blah)

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Vonnegut blah blah blah

That's kind of how I feel about him, really.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

Hey now, Cat's Cradle was great.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

I liked Slaughterhouse Five, myself. (Which is not to disagree with you about Cat's Cradle.)

[anivair.livejournal.com]

i met him in college. Now I feel even more like that about him. he was a twat.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what you're talking about. I suspect this matches the lank space in your memory that would surround Highlander 2 if such a movie was ever produced.

(Fortunately, the stuff does not seem to be nearly as easy to replicate as ice-9.)

[jackoutofthebox.livejournal.com]

Is there a picture of it somewhere? I'd love to see what it looks like.

[ismarc.livejournal.com]

Crystallized H2+O2 in an un-bonded state sounds like it'd make a very big boom under the appropriate conditions. From the article it looks like they are examining it for structural purposes but I'd wager that it'd be only a matter of time before someone begins to look at the potential weapon value.

It sounds like a potentially very "James Bond" type explosive.

[cmseward.livejournal.com]

Aside from the inherent problems with maintaining the container at 17GPa. There are easier ways to make things go boom.

[texas-tiger.livejournal.com]

That is really cool!