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IPFS News Link • Science

Oxygen Molecule Survives Enormous Pressure

02-15-2012 • arclein

The oxygen atoms in the O2 molecule are held together by a double covalent bond. Nitrogen (N2), on the other hand, possesses a triple bond. "You would think that the weaker double bond is easier to break than the triple bond and that oxygen would therefore polymerize at lower pressures than nitrogen" says Sun. "We found the opposite, which is astonishing at first sight."

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Reported By robert klein

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