Weird Oxygen Bonding Under Pressure Explained

Oxygen, the third most abundant element in the cosmos and essential to life on Earth, changes its forms dramatically under pressure transforming to a solid with spectacular colors. Eventually it becomes metallic and a superconductor. Now, researchers have found for the first time that under pressure the molecules interact through their outermost electron clouds or "orbitals."

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