Doesn’t it also need to be under immense pressure? I don’t think low temperature alone is enough.
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pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Do you know what happens to hydrogen when close to 0K?
Yeah. Metal.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, I think that may be the case.
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s hard af
Klear@lemmy.world 1 week ago
🤘
Gladaed@feddit.org 1 week ago
Metallic hydrogen may also make up parts of Jupiter’s core.
SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Metallic or solid? Those are two different things, and depending on the answer, i will be going down a knowledge rabbit hole
Gladaed@feddit.org 1 week ago
Metals are crystal lattices with delocalized electrons.
Shou@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s fucking badass