Because the current ones are so last millenium

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• croxis I am the walrus

  June 2005

  this is what, the 7th state known?
• Messiah Failed Experiment

  June 2005

  I dont know how many are known, but keep em coming. Liquids and gases are sooo boring..
• Eclecticonaut Elite Ranger

  June 2005

  Let's see... solid, liquid, gas, plasma, BEC (Bose-Einstein condensate), fermionic condensate and now this.
• JackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>

  June 2005

  What state is it called when Hydrogen is metalic?
  
  (Like at the core of Jupiter I think someone said once?)
• Biggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>

  June 2005

  I don't think hydrogen could become metallic, since it's not a metal. Metal isn't a state of matter.
• JackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>

  June 2005

  There was an article published (by NASA?) a while back about the core of Jupiter being highly compressed hydrogen and that it took on metalic properties...
  
  I found this in FactSpider via Google:
  
  [quote]
  Metallic Hydrogen
  
  If hydrogen is sufficiently compressed then it will undergo a phase change and Metallic Hydrogen will result. Metallic hydrogen is an example of degenerate matter. It consists of a lattice of atomic nuclei (namely protons) with a spacing that is significantly smaller than a Bohr radius, indeed more comparable with an electron wavelength. The electrons are unbound and behave like the conduction electrons in a metal.
  
  Popular models of the planet Jupiter hold that its core is rich in metallic hydrogen.
  [/quote]
• E.T Quote-o-matic

  June 2005

  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackN [/i]
  [B]There was an article published (by NASA?) a while back about the core of Jupiter being highly compressed hydrogen and that it took on metalic properties...[/B][/QUOTE]That's right.
  And that metallic hydrogen is thought to be behind planet's strong magnetic field. (good electric conductor)
  
  
  [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_hydrogen[/url]
• JackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>

  June 2005

  I'm especially interested in the MSMH Applications if they ever can produce it...
  
  wow...
  
  :)