Saed News: Scientists have discovered a completely new and unknown type of crystal in glass left behind from the first atomic bomb explosion in history, more than 80 years after the event.
According to SAEDNEWS, the explosion, with a power equivalent to 25,000 tons of TNT, melted desert sand and turned it into a green glass known as trinitite. Researchers, in a very rare red sample of this glass—formed by the melting of the experimental metal tower—have found a cage-like crystal structure that had never been seen in nature before. This is the first time such crystals have been identified as a byproduct of a nuclear explosion.
In this unusual crystal structure, silicon atoms formed a cage-like network that trapped copper and calcium atoms inside. According to researchers, this is the first time such crystals have been identified as a byproduct of a nuclear explosion. This discovery helps scientists understand how materials form under extremely extreme conditions (enormous pressure and heat).