Scientists Just Made an Entirely New Chemical Bond

[Hamartia Antidote]

http://futurism.com/scientists-just-made-an-entirely-new-chemical-bond/

Scientists from the American Chemical Society (ACS) have just released a study published in ACS Central Science that details the creation of a completely new chemical bond between two elements. Those two elements are iron and bismuth, both previously thought impossible to bind chemically. It turns out, all they needed was a little bit of pressure — just equivalent to that within Mars’ core

The ACS researchers quite literally forced their way through the elemental antipathy between iron and bismuth. The result is FeBi2, a new material with an iron-bismuth bond previously impossible without advances in high-pressure techniques. It also didn’t exist in any known substances.

Attempts to mix the two elements only yielded significant results at pressure levels around 30 GPa, and it was synthesized at 1,500ºK (2,240ºF). The researchers found that FeBi2 remains stable even when pressure was lowered to 3GPa, but not when lowered to Earth’s atmospheric pressure levels (about 30,000 times lower).

The crystal structure of FeBi2. Credits: American Chemical Society
Exploring its potential
Since FeBi2 is a new material, its actual potential hasn’t exactly been discovered yet. Its makers surmise that it can help in the development of brand new magnets and better superconducting materials.

“Ongoing work is focused on the scale-up of this reaction with a unique, highly specialized press capable of reaching the required pressures in order to enable studies of the electronic properties of this fascinating new material,” the study says. This is intriguing, to say the least.

In a world where energy is becoming easier to harness but not utilized as efficiently as possible, research in improving energy production is prolific. Among these, the development of better superconductors is highly popular. Superconductors improve energy usage by limiting (and perhaps, in the future, negating) loss due to transference.

For now, what’s certain is that this technique that produced FeBi2 opens up a world of possibilities for material sciences.

 

[Goenitz]

I am not sure to say that a 'new bonding' unless we can achieve that at standard conditions because many intermediate states, compound etc exist but are unstable during a chemical reaction...

 

[war&peace]

That's where I call inflation of scientific research and wastage of resources...they spend thousands of hours and a lot money on achieving something that is not even stable at normal conditions and no usage or application is in mind.. I don't know how these fundings get approval...Thanks for wasting so much human resources but please don't call it a "new bond" if it cannot survive under normal circumstances.

 

[indiatester]

http://futurism.com/scientists-just-made-an-entirely-new-chemical-bond/

Scientists from the American Chemical Society (ACS) have just released a study published in ACS Central Science that details the creation of a completely new chemical bond between two elements. Those two elements are iron and bismuth, both previously thought impossible to bind chemically. It turns out, all they needed was a little bit of pressure — just equivalent to that within Mars’ core

The ACS researchers quite literally forced their way through the elemental antipathy between iron and bismuth. The result is FeBi2, a new material with an iron-bismuth bond previously impossible without advances in high-pressure techniques. It also didn’t exist in any known substances.

Attempts to mix the two elements only yielded significant results at pressure levels around 30 GPa, and it was synthesized at 1,500ºK (2,240ºF). The researchers found that FeBi2 remains stable even when pressure was lowered to 3GPa, but not when lowered to Earth’s atmospheric pressure levels (about 30,000 times lower).

The crystal structure of FeBi2. Credits: American Chemical Society
Exploring its potential
Since FeBi2 is a new material, its actual potential hasn’t exactly been discovered yet. Its makers surmise that it can help in the development of brand new magnets and better superconducting materials.

“Ongoing work is focused on the scale-up of this reaction with a unique, highly specialized press capable of reaching the required pressures in order to enable studies of the electronic properties of this fascinating new material,” the study says. This is intriguing, to say the least.

In a world where energy is becoming easier to harness but not utilized as efficiently as possible, research in improving energy production is prolific. Among these, the development of better superconductors is highly popular. Superconductors improve energy usage by limiting (and perhaps, in the future, negating) loss due to transference.

For now, what’s certain is that this technique that produced FeBi2 opens up a world of possibilities for material sciences.

So for using it potential, the production environment must be atleast at 3GPa on FeBi2? Seems blue sky research for now.

 

[CriticalThought]

Let's not forget that initially superconductors were discovered at ultra low temperatures. The benefit wasn't the superconducting material itself, but discovery of the superconduction phenomenon. Let's see what new phenomena we can discover with this new material.

 

[Alternative]

That's where I call inflation of scientific research and wastage of resources...they spend thousands of hours and a lot money on achieving something that is not even stable at normal conditions and no usage or application is in mind.. I don't know how these fundings get approval...Thanks for wasting so much human resources but please don't call it a "new bond" if it cannot survive under normal circumstances.

So for using it potential, the production environment must be atleast at 3GPa on FeBi2? Seems blue sky research for now.

Let's not forget that initially superconductors were discovered at ultra low temperatures. The benefit wasn't the superconducting material itself, but discovery of the superconduction phenomenon. Let's see what new phenomena we can discover with this new material.

A new technique has been discovered and put into use; This will result in new compounds that are stable at normal temperature and pressure; A whole new science of Metallurgy, and possibilities are endless;
Have any one seen the movie The Core; where the craft that was used to reach the Earth's Core was made from such materials that could get harder proportionally to the pressure on it.

 

[CriticalThought]

A new technique has been discovered and put into use; This will result in new compounds that are stable at normal temperature and pressure; A whole new science of Metallurgy, and possibilities are endless;
Have any one seen the movie The Core; where the craft that was used to reach the Earth's Core was made from such materials that could get harder proportionally to the pressure on it.

I'll put that on my 'To Watch' list

 

[Imtiaz_Sarwar]

Let's not forget that initially superconductors were discovered at ultra low temperatures. The benefit wasn't the superconducting material itself, but discovery of the superconduction phenomenon. Let's see what new phenomena we can discover with this new material.

You have positive attitude. I like it.