As Prof. Nicole Nie, lead author of the paper, tells Popular Science, “In lunar soils and rocks, alkali metals are bound in minerals, forming stable chemical bonds with oxygen and other elements.

Using a cutting-edge magnetic wave detection technique, a new study in Nature Communications has identified lithium in ...

Alkali metals can explode when exposed to water, and Jungwirth and his colleagues have actually studied these dramatic reactions in the past, according to Cosmos Magazine.

Multiple alkali metals in unique exoplanet Date: June 7, 2018 Source: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Summary: Scientists have observed a rare gaseous planet, with partly clear skies ...

Alkali metals represented the lowest pressure level for changed melting behavior at 30 gigapascals, on a scale where Earth’s surface pressure is about 0.0001 gigapascals.

Researchers at AIST have created a method to introduce alkali metals into the graphene interlayers, working with researchers from Osaka University, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Kyushu University, and ...

These soft and shiny metal react dramatically with water. Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays when Meteorologist Sarah Spivey does the demonstrations and explains the science behind it.

Alkali metal insertion in graphene observed at atomic level (Nanowerk News) Researchers at AIST, in collaboration with Osaka University, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Kyushu University, and National ...

Letter Published: 01 June 1936 Cohesion of Alkali Metals PAUL GOMBÁS Nature 137, 950 (1936) Cite this article ...

To do this, they experimented with alkali metals, which release their outer electron very easily. Avoiding explosion However, the chemistry between alkali metals and water is known to be explosive.