Bunn and Emmett 1 studied the growing faces of salt crystals under the microscope and observed the development of successive thin layers. These originate at a common centre on the face and spread out ...

You probably learned in high school chemistry class that core electrons don't participate in chemical bonding.

Sodium Chloride is an alkali halide with an fcc crystal structure. The basis is two ions, a sodium cation and a chlorine anion. The crystal lattice parameter is 0.563 nm. The diagram shows both a unit ...

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Researchers have developed all-solid-state sodium batteries that retain performance down to subzero temperatures. Developed ...

The lab-created compounds — never seen before — might exist naturally on icy moons in the outer solar system. By Kenneth Chang Scientists have discovered two new forms of salty ice that probably do ...

All-solid-state batteries promise safer, more powerful energy storage for electric vehicles, electronics, and the ...

Research suggests some metals’ semicore electrons may be more active on Earth’s surface than previously thought.