Bizarre new material discovered in Hiroshima bombing debris

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Bizarre new material discovered in Hiroshima bombing debris

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/bizarre-material-discovered-hiroshima-bombing-180000731.html

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Researchers discovered a unique metallic alloy within microscopic debris collected from Hiroshima Bay. The material, composed of iron, chromium, nickel, and other elements, formed a complex cubic lattice structure due to the extreme heat and rapid cooling of the 1945 atomic explosion. This finding provides insight into how high-energy events create substances that do not form under standard thermodynamic conditions.

When an atomic bomb detonates, it produces a unique chemical environment that's nearly impossible to mimic in a lab—and amid its destruction, the explosion can create something completely new. One of...

One of the most devastating explosions ever on the planet—the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima—created a metallic material that was never seen before in a lab or nature. Luca Bindi, an earth scientist at the University of Florence in Italy, found the alloy while collecting microscopic debris from along the beaches of Hiroshima Bay. "Even decades later, a grain only a few micrometers across can retain a detailed record of conditions that existed for only fractions of a second," he says. "These...

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