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Daily Archives: February 9, 2009
Anything but Boring
High Pressure Yields Novel Single-element Boron ‘Compound’
Scientists have found the first case of an ionic crystal consisting of just one chemical element – boron. This is the densest and hardest known phase of this element. The new phase turned out to be a key to understanding the phase diagram of boron – the only element for which the phase diagram was unknown since its discovery 200 years ago.
Penn and Teller Explain Sleight of Hand