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High-pressure compound contains record-breaking 50% hydrogen

By 2022-06-14T08:33:00

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Source: © Ranieri, U. et al, Physical Review Letters 128, 215702 (2022), American Physical Society

Unique hydrogen–methane van der Waals compound is stabilised by nuclear quantum effects

An unusual hydrogen–methane compound formed at extremely high pressure is the first to contain over 50% hydrogen by weight.