Strong forces at work in simple table salt
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 08:01
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —Inside the chemical processes to synthesize simple table salt crystals, or NaCl, intense electric fields, typically associated with particle accelerators, occur, according to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists. The 5 GV/m fields can alter the NaCl solution's electronic structure. These findings are the next step in determining the exact mechanism underlying salt's crystallization and the long-lived cobalt blue light emitted (luminescence) during salt formation.