New substance created from water

[Ivan Seeking]

If you think we know all there is to know about water, think again. Scientists claim they have created a totally new alloy of hydrogen and oxygen molecules by splitting water.

It takes high-energy X-rays and an extremely high pressure, but the end result is a solid mixture of H2 and 02 that has never been identified before, they say. The discovery could change our understanding of the complex chemistry of water.

The new alloy is "a highly energetic material", says Wendy Mao at Los Alamos National Laboratory, US, who led the research. "It may help us find a way of storing energy." [continued]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10391-brand-new-substance-created-from-water.html

 

[Adder_Noir]

Sounds great. I wonder what they plan to be able to with it?

 

[3trQN]

Blow things up of course...

 

[waht]

Cover it up.

Oil must go on.

 

[Rach3]

Talk about overhyping!

"The discovery could change our understanding of the complex chemistry of water..."

"...It may help us find a way of storing energy..."

LOL!

 

[PerennialII]

...would've thought that after people have been studying water for so long and for example found like 10++ types of ice couldn't have come up with anything new (well not crystalline at least). Cool!

 

[Hurkyl]

As long as it remained under a pressure 10,000 times greater than at sea level, it was "surprisingly stable", they say.