Perpendicular paramagnetic bond
A perpendicular paramagnetic bond is a type of chemical bond that does not exist under normal, atmospheric conditions.[1] Such a phenomenon was first hypothesized through simulation to exist in the atmospheres of white dwarf stars[2] whose magnetic fields, on the order of 105 teslas,[1] could allow such interactions to exist. In a very strong magnetic field, excited electrons in molecules may be stabilized, causing these molecules to abandon their original orientations parallel to the magnetic field and instead lie perpendicular to it.[3] Normally, at such intense temperatures as those near a white dwarf, more common molecular bonds cannot form and existing ones decompose.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Lange, K. K.; Tellgren, E. I.; Hoffmann, M. R.; Helgaker, T. (19 July 2012). "A Paramagnetic Bonding Mechanism for Diatomics in Strong Magnetic Fields". Science. 337 (6092): 327–331. Bibcode:2012Sci...337..327L. doi:10.1126/science.1219703. PMID 22822146. S2CID 5431912.
- 1 2 Yirka, Bob (July 20, 2012). "Chemists discover new type of molecular bond near white dwarf stars". phys.org. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ↑ Merali, Zeeya (19 July 2012). "Magnetic fields boost atoms' bonding skills". Nature News & Comment. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2012.11045. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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