Electrons are quick-change artists in molten salts, chemists show (IMAGE)

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Electrons are quick-change artists in molten salts, chemists show

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Credit: Hung H. Nguyen/University of IowaWhen exposed to radiation, electrons produced within molten zinc chloride, or ZnCl2, can be observed in three distinct singly occupied molecular orbital states, plus a more diffuse, delocalized state. 

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Hung H. Nguyen/University of Iowa

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