Perpendicular paramagnetic bond
A perpendicular paramagnetic bond is a type of chemical bond (in contrast to covalent or ionic bonds) 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] allow such interactions to exist. Normally, at such intense temperatures as those near a white dwarf, more common molecular bonds cannot form and existing ones decompose.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Yirka, Bob (July 20, 2012). "Chemists discover new type of molecular bond near white dwarf stars". phys.org. Retrieved 2018-12-24.