Chemists Discover Rare Rydberg Molecule With 'New' Type Of Bonding
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 00:23
in Physics & Chemistry
A rare "Rydberg" molecule upheld the scientific theory predicting the molecule existed. Chemists used a gas of rubidium atoms cooled to a temperature of 3 millionths of a degree above absolute zero to produce the molecule. The longest-lived molecule produced by the team survived only for 18 microseconds.