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Black atoms matter!  Never-Before-Seen 'Black Nitrogen' Plugs Puzzle in Periodic Table Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have created a form of nitrogen that's never been seen before. Nicknamed "black nitrogen," the new substance is crystalline, occurs in two-dimensional sheets, and could one day be useful in advanced electronics. From a report: Strangely enough, the idea that black nitrogen didn't exist has long been considered a mystery. The periodic table is arranged in recurring "periods" where each column is made up of elements with similar properties. Those at the top have the fewest protons and the lowest weight, and each successive element in the group gains protons and weight. Under high pressure, elements on the top of a column usually take on structures similar to elements further down the group. These different forms are known as allotropes. Ozone is an allotrope of oxygen, for example, while graphite and diamond are both allotropes of carbon. But nitrogen only has one allotrope -- dinitrogen -- and doesn't have any that resemble heavier elements in its group. This was always considered a bit weird, but now a new study has found a previously-unknown allotrope that shows that nitrogen isn't an exception to the rule, as has long been believed. slashdot
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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That's what makes the murder hornets do murder.
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Let's Go Brandon! FJB
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Only when blended with glycerin.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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How long will it be before that nitrogen gets too lazy to work, starts rioting and looting, and demands "reparations"?
Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!
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It's a noble gas. Expect an e-mail from Nigeria.
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Too deep for this old kid. Gus, where is Gus when we need him?
Gus would know what to do.
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These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
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Campfire Kahuna
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It's a noble gas. Expect an e-mail from Nigeria. Haha!
I am MAGA.
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It's a noble gas. Expect an e-mail from Nigeria. Well played!
Founder
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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It's a noble gas. Expect an e-mail from Nigeria. Nuh-uh. Not noble. Not even Nobel! 
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Yeah but it sounds funny.
Personally I prefer "black atoms matter" for the pun.
And yes, I stole that line. Someone on slashdot beat me to it.
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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It's a noble gas. Expect an e-mail from Nigeria. Nuh-uh. Not noble. Not even Nobel! The email from Nigeria might be correct.
He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
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