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No Longer "Noble"; Argon Compound Found In Space 110

mbstone writes "Scientists at the University College of London — where argon was originally discovered in 1894 — have now found spectroscopic signatures of molecules of argon hydride (ArH), said to be produced via explosive nucleosynthesis in a core-collapse supernova in the Crab Nebula. The post-supernova molecular dust was observed by the Herschel Space Observatory shortly before it ran out of coolant in April.."
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No Longer "Noble"; Argon Compound Found In Space

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    by justthinkit ( 954982 ) <floyd@just-think-it.com> on Sunday December 15, 2013 @02:30PM (#45696623) Homepage Journal
    they're not inclined to give, borrow, or take electrons from other elements

    Except these aren't the words used on the wiki [wikipedia.org] page. The word I was taught is "share". For example, Hydrogen has one electron and desires two for stability. So it shares one from Oxygen or Carbon, etc. And in that sharing, Oxygen (desiring two) gets its needs satisfied by sharing one each with two Hydrogens.

1 + 1 = 3, for large values of 1.

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