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The Periodic Table according to astronomers (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Do you know what happens to hydrogen when the temp drops below 14K?

Yeah. Metal.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Metallic hydrogen may also make up parts of Jupiter's core.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Metallic or solid? Those are two different things, and depending on the answer, i will be going down a knowledge rabbit hole

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Metals are crystal lattices with delocalized electrons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That's fucking badass

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't it also need to be under immense pressure? I don't think low temperature alone is enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I think that may be the case.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

That's hard af