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Subject: Can metals be gases?

Date: Sun Nov 22 08:27:03 1998
Posted by Josh Scully
Grade level: teacher/prof
School: Greenhills School
City: Ann Arbor State/Province: MI
Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 911744823.Ch
Message:

It seems to me the very nature of a metal depends on the electrons of 
neighboring atoms be in close proximity to each other so the electrons 
can "float" from atom to atom to stay at a low energy. Making the 
metal a gas would remove all possible interactions. Wouldn't this be 
approaching something akin to "plasma"?

Thanks


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