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- Title
Solid-state chemistry: New order for lithium bromide.
- Authors
Johnson, David C.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the preparation of a metastable form of lithium bromide (LiBr) through an amorphous solid with the same elemental composition of the desired product. It mentions that the 'rock-salt' formation is the thermodynamically preferred arrangement of atoms once the lithium bromide is heated. The metastable form of lithium bromide, known as wurtzite arrangement of atoms, is formed when the elements of lithium bromide are deposited atom by atom on a cold substrate. The findings made on the experiment demonstrates that the extended solid-state structures could be predicted and prepared. Furthermore, lithium bromide is relatively simple system since it contains only two types of atom in equal proportions.
- Subjects
SOLID state chemistry; INORGANIC synthesis; LITHIUM compounds; BROMIDES; CRYSTAL growth; ATOMS; ATOMIC structure; AMORPHOUS substances; HEAT
- Publication
Nature, 2008, Vol 454, Issue 7201, p174
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/454174a