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Na 11 Hg 52 : Complexity in a Polar Metal
Author(s) -
Hoch Constantin,
Simon Arndt
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201108064
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , alloy , metal , polar , chemistry , materials science , inorganic chemistry , metallurgy , computer science , physics , astronomy , programming language
The mercury puzzle : Using the new technique of electrocrystallization the sodium mercury alloy Na 11 Hg 52 could be obtained in a phase pure form. This amalgam is a key component in the industrially important chloralkali process. The combination of different bonding situations in this phase results in it having the typical properties of a “bad” metal.