Researchers have collected evidence that confirms a new type of bonding that was proposed in the early 1980s. Using bromine and muonium atoms ( an exotic atom that weighs 40x less than a hydrogen atom), they have shown that the muonium atom "bounces from one bromine atom to another" in a process called vibrational bonding. Read the full article from the Royal Society of Chemistry here. It will be interesting to see if more research can confirm or refute these allegations. With van der Walls, London dispersion, ionic, covalent, hydrogen and the other common types of bonding, this might just add one more to the list of types of bonds that Gen Chem students will have to learn! |
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