Alchemic study uses extreme heat to forge gold compound
Illustration of intense X-ray free-electron laser pulses heating compressed hydrocarbon samples, resulting in the reaction of gold and hydrogen to form gold hydride (Image: Greg Stewart / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
The SLAC laboratory has unexpectedly formed solid binary gold hydride in the extreme pressure and temperature of a diamond experiment
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