Explosive Chrysopoeia

Jan Maurycy Uszko; Stephen J. Eichhorn; Avinash J. Patil; Simon R. Hall

doi:10.48550/arXiv.2310.15125

Explosive Chrysopoeia

Jan Maurycy Uszko, Stephen J. Eichhorn, Avinash J. Patil, Simon R. Hall

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Fulminating gold, the first high-explosive compound to be discovered, disintegrates in a mysterious cloud of purple smoke, the nature of which has been speculated upon since its discovery in 1585. In this work, we show that the colour of the smoke is due to the presence of gold nanoparticles.

Original language	English
Publisher	arXiv.org
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.15125
Publication status	Published - 19 Oct 2023

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8 pages, 4 figures, 1 table

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Inorganic & Materials

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci

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