Solid hydrogen at 342 GPa: No evidence for an alkali metal

Nature

Volumn 393, Issue 6680, 1998, Pages 46-49

  Narayana, Chandrabhas ^a   Luo, Huan ^a,c   Orloff, Jon ^b   Ruoff, Arthur L ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID STATE;

EID: 0032492871     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29949     Document Type: Article

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