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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

New transparent crystal expands under pressure



When something is compressed, you would expect it to get smaller. But that’s not the case for a new translucent crystal known as zinc dicyanoaurate made from gold, zinc, and cyanide. In fact, it does quite the opposite. These crystals expand by up to 10% when put under pressure.

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