Inorganic chemistry – Page 16

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Oak Ridge at 75

2018-03-16T10:44:00Z

As Oak Ridge National Laboratory celebrates its 75th anniversary, Kit Chapman visits the birthplace of the atomic age
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2D gallium stripped from molten metal

2018-03-12T08:50:00Z

Gallenene is the first atomically thin material made by exfoliating a liquid metal
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Germanium analogue of cyclobutadiene isolated

2018-03-10T09:02:00Z

Polar Jahn–Teller distortion stabilises unusual molecule
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Ice cubes melt to make single atom metals

2018-02-10T08:00:00Z

Atomically dispersed metals made by ultra-slow reagent
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Alternative pathway to phosphorus compounds skips white phosphorus

2018-02-09T14:23:00Z

Intermediate opens way to making pesticides and flame retardants with novel silicon–phosphorus anion
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Uranium at heart of rare hydrogen cyanide complex

2018-02-07T13:57:00Z

Turquoise powder is only second example of a hydrogen cyanide complex of a uranium compound
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Tech red unmasked

2018-01-24T10:21:00Z

An unusual oxide of radioactive technetium reveals its secrets after 50 years
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Harvesting holes

2017-12-19T11:27:00Z

Shilun Qiu was a farmer; now he’s a distinguished professor
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Lightning strikes cause nuclear reactions in the atmosphere

2017-11-23T09:38:00Z

Thunderstorms are a previously unrecognised natural source of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotopes
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Chernobyl disaster mystery solved

2017-11-22T14:55:00Z

A nuclear explosion – not high pressure steam – started the chain reaction of events that destroyed the reactor
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Experiments confirm nickel isotope's ‘doubly magic’ status

2017-11-20T10:09:00Z

Analysis of copper-79 reveal the secrets of its magic neighbour
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Tagging drugs with heavy hydrogen made as easy as flicking a light switch

2017-11-14T15:23:00Z

Photoredox reaction simplifies metabolism studies by swapping hydrogen for deuterium or tritium
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Inorganic polystyrene gives old material a new backbone

2017-11-07T11:02:00Z

New catalytic route opens the door to polymers made from boron and nitrogen
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Material containing perfectly planar octacoordinate titanium predicted

2017-11-03T15:45:00Z

Titanium falls flat in an eight-membered boron ring
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Electro-shock treatment switches MOF on to gas separation

2017-10-25T12:29:00Z

Electric field stops molecular wriggling and boosts natural gas separation in porous crystal
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First boron–tellurium double bond captured

2017-10-25T09:03:00Z

Unusual molecule features shortest boron bond to one of the rarest metals on Earth
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Heavy elements forged by cataclysmic cosmic collision

2017-10-20T10:16:00Z

First sighting of two neutron stars merging reveals how heavy elements are synthesised
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Bright future for trace water analysis

2017-10-09T09:28:00Z

MOF-based material has detection limit as low as traditional Karl Fischer titration
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Immense oganesson projected to have no electron shells

2017-10-09T09:19:00Z

Theory predicts that element 118 would be surrounded by a smear of electrons
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Chemists reinvent the wheel

2017-10-07T09:03:00Z

Symmetrical gold and niobium cluster with unusually short Nb–Nb bond