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In keeping with the desire to continue to evolve technology to supply the world with its ever surmounting need for energy, research into Lithium Hydrogen has excited scientists. These scientists ave experimented with alloys, elements, and other substances that could be used to not only to generate energy for the masses but also one that is both cleaner and greener in nature.

Generally found in its gaseous nature and in abundance on Earth, Hydrogen is in fact the lightest of all the elements. Lithium on the other hand is usually in a solid and metallic form but it too is very light, ranking as the third lightest of all.

There has been a way to allow large amounts of electricity to be passed along for extended periods of time without having to expel very much lost energy in the form of heat. This can be done through what is known as superconductors and because they don't have any electric resistance they can then let the electrons pass freely through them without any lost energy.

With this in mind, scientists at Cornell University and the State University of New York had looked into combining hydrogen and lithium to make a material that is superconductive. What they found was impressive as they were able to turn the hydrogen into a metallic state by first heating hydrogen substrate to a high temperature and then added to that a little bit of lithium. They then applied an amount of pressure that is equivalent to 25 percent of that which would turn the hydrogen to a metal form to this hydrogen and lithium combination and then they yielded a metallic hydrogen capable of superconductivity. They then published and presented their findings and research to the National Academy of Sciences.

There has been much study into the combining of lithium and hydrogen and seeing if there was a way to make a stable compound that is non-metallic. Research into creating this union, often called Lithium Hydrogen or LiH, has been done by applying high amounts of pressure to the elements through shock wave computer modeling. Through this process scientists have then able to assess if it is indeed possible to create this superconductive compound.

It was not until this team of scientists working together from Cornell University and the State University of New York that the theorized compound of lithium and hydrogen was successfully unionized in the lab. They were able to create one specific combination that consisted of 6 hydrogen atoms for every one atom of lithium which is known as LiH6. This unique compound looks to be the most promising of them all to then generate a stable hydrogen substance that is metallic in nature.

The previous problem that scientists working with lithium and hydrogen compounds found is that once they were introduced to the more natural pressures of the outside environment they quickly defused to separate into H2 and LiH2. This then undid what work was done in the laboratory and made the compound no longer metallic and with the ability to uphold its intended use. Yet with this latest study the scientists have seemed to have made headway in overcoming this obstacle and they predict they will be able to form a LiH6 union that will hold up under regular pressures.

This particular study is just one of the many in science's ever evolving and expanding basis. New findings are continually occurring regarding the structures of both molecules and atoms. With continued work and progress in regards to metallic superconductors many hope that one day a means for a more environmentally friendly and cleaner source of energy will be created. If the work done in this particular study is only a prelude of findings to follow, there may then be a way of overcoming the difficulties of an efficient energy transmission that is the case today.

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