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Popular Mechanics: Watch The First-Ever Video of Atoms Bonding Together
2020-01-22
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Posted by:charger

#4  Low energy electron microscopy is O(15KeV), while the ionization energy of rhenium is about 8eV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionization_energies_of_the_elements_(data_page) )

This has to be some kind of interference image, looking at tiny electron scatterings. One good kick from an electron would be more than enough to ionize one of the atoms.
Posted by: James   2020-01-22 22:01  

#3  Catchin some strange.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-01-22 12:46  

#2  They'll never stick without some gluon.
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-01-22 09:02  

#1  Propaglandular mis-chanics. Where gerbil worming lives.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-01-22 06:49  

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