Glossary Definition: Liquid Metallic Hydrogen

Liquid Hydrogen

Chemistry students at Carleton College are having fun with liquid nitrogen!
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As shown in this picture, the element Nitrogen, when kept very cold, is a liquid. In this picture the liquid can be seen evaporating (changing phase from a liquid to a gas).

If conditions are just right, the element Hydrogen, which is normally a gas, becomes a liquid, just as Nitrogen does if the temperature is just right.

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Liquid Hydrogen

Chemistry students at Carleton College are having fun with liquid nitrogen! Click on image for full size (32K JPG) Image from the Carleton College Chemistry Department

Chemistry students at Carleton College are having fun with liquid nitrogen!
Click on image for full size (32K JPG)
Image from the Carleton College Chemistry Department