Absolutely pure water, which is obtained by specialists in laboratory conditions, is primarily known for its property of an ideal insulator. This is due to the fact that, unlike impurities in ordinary water, there is nothing like this in pure water.
But despite this, a group of scientists from the Czech Republic and Germany managed to experimentally make a kind of metal out of pure water. For a short time, she received free particles, becoming a working conductor, writes Nature.
The basis for the unusual “transformation” was another interesting achievement of scientists – an unprecedented pressure of 48 megabars. During it, the atoms of the substance are compressed so much that, as a result, the orbitals of the electrons overlap each other. In turn, this implies their movement and conductivity arises.
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