An international scientist collaboration, which consists of 15 researchers, claimed that they transformed water into metal. Their innovation is currently a big deal since the approach they used is quite unique.
However, they are still not that unique since they are still achievable. On the other hand, the new study titled "Spectroscopic evidence for a gold-coloured metallic water solution," which was published by the Nature journal, is a different one.
The involved scientists explained that they used alkali metals, which release their outer electrons very easily to turn water into metallic liquid.
However, alkali metal and water are known to have an explosive reaction when combined together. To avoid this from happening, scientists combined alkali metal and a sodium-potassium alloy.
Instead of dropping the metallic substance in the diluted water, they released a tiny bit of the liquid into the metal solution.
Water Transformed Into Shiny, Golden Metal
According to Phys Org's latest report, researchers confirmed that they were able to turn distilled water into a shiny, golden metal ball.
"You can see the phase transition to metallic water with the naked eye! The silvery sodium-potassium droplet covers itself with a golden glow, which is very impressive," said the study's leading supervisor, Dr. Robert Seidel.
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