(Source: Harvard Gazette)Nearly a century after it was theorised, Harvard scientists claim to have succeeded in creating the rarest and potentially one of the most valuable materials on the planet – atomic metallic hydrogen. “It’s the first-ever sample of metallic hydrogen on Earth, so when you’re looking at it, you’re looking at something that’s never existed before,” said Silvera. “One prediction that’s very important is metallic hydrogen is predicted to be meta-stable,” Silvera said. Read More: New way to create fuel from water“It takes a tremendous amount of energy to make metallic hydrogen,” Silvera said. The specific impulse for metallic hydrogen, by comparison, is theorised to be 1,700 seconds.

Source: Indian Express January 29, 2017 08:15 UTC