The interior of the planets Jupiter and Saturn are believed to contain metallic hydrogen: hydrogen that is

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The interior of the planets Jupiter and Saturn are believed to contain metallic hydrogen: hydrogen that is put under such tremendous pressure that it no longer exists as H2 molecules, but instead exists as an extended metallic solid. Predict what properties metallic hydrogen might have compared to "normal" hydrogen in terms of first ionization energy, atomic size, and reactivity.
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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