Word: metallicized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Orthey might end up with metallic hydrogen that turns back into a gas under normal temperature and pressure.
But right now, no one--not even Nature--may be as close as Professor of Physics Isaac F. Silvera to creating metallic hydrogen.
"It's a real revolution in high pressure technique," he says. "Because the area is so small, you don't need that much force." But the real bonus, he says, is that "the diamond gives a window on the experiment. We might actually be able to watch the hydrogen change...
A major concern is whether the metallic-hydrogen will return to a gas once the pressure and temperature are normalized.
"It's not important that I specifically create metallic hydrogen, but I do want to do something that requires technical inventivity."