What is the first reference of solid metallic hydrogen as a tool in science fiction?
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There is much talking in recent days about solid metallic hydrogen and its possible uses. When was it referenced in a science fiction story for the first time? Please note that I am asking about its use as a tool.
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There is much talking in recent days about solid metallic hydrogen and its possible uses. When was it referenced in a science fiction story for the first time? Please note that I am asking about its use as a tool.
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Some say there was an article about the fictional discovery of metallic hydrogen recently in Science. ;)
– Adamant
Jan 30 '17 at 10:30
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I seem to recall that the Moties in The Mote in Gods Eye were apparently refueling a ship with metallic hydrogen shipped by a linear accelerator. Can't make it an answer, because I no longer have the book to check
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 15:43
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@infixed: The Mote In God's Eye, Ch. 19: Renner was new to the Navy, but he was learning to recognize that tone. “Yessir. It occurred to me that hydrogen is metallic at the right temperature and pressure. If those tanks were really pressurized, the hydrogen would carry a current—but it would take the kind of pressures you find at the core of a gas giant planet.”
– Joe L.
Jan 30 '17 at 16:34
@JoeL You did the leg work, you can take the answer if you want. I don't even remember the year that came out
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 16:43
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In my fruitless search for metallic hydrogen tools, I found metallic helium used as a source of antigravity for spaceships in an 1897 story.
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There is much talking in recent days about solid metallic hydrogen and its possible uses. When was it referenced in a science fiction story for the first time? Please note that I am asking about its use as a tool.
history-of science-fiction-genre metamaterials
edited Jan 30 '17 at 10:29
Adamant
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asked Jan 30 '17 at 10:26
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There is much talking in recent days about solid metallic hydrogen and its possible uses. When was it referenced in a science fiction story for the first time? Please note that I am asking about its use as a tool.
history-of science-fiction-genre metamaterials
history-of science-fiction-genre metamaterials
edited Jan 30 '17 at 10:29
Adamant
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asked Jan 30 '17 at 10:26
GinasiusGinasius
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edited Jan 30 '17 at 10:29
Adamant
85.5k21340454
asked Jan 30 '17 at 10:26
GinasiusGinasius
2,8461244
edited Jan 30 '17 at 10:29
Adamant
85.5k21340454
edited Jan 30 '17 at 10:29
Adamant
85.5k21340454
edited Jan 30 '17 at 10:29
Adamant
85.5k21340454
85.5k21340454
asked Jan 30 '17 at 10:26
GinasiusGinasius
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asked Jan 30 '17 at 10:26
GinasiusGinasius
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asked Jan 30 '17 at 10:26
GinasiusGinasius
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2,8461244
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Some say there was an article about the fictional discovery of metallic hydrogen recently in Science. ;)
– Adamant
Jan 30 '17 at 10:30
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I seem to recall that the Moties in The Mote in Gods Eye were apparently refueling a ship with metallic hydrogen shipped by a linear accelerator. Can't make it an answer, because I no longer have the book to check
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 15:43
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@infixed: The Mote In God's Eye, Ch. 19: Renner was new to the Navy, but he was learning to recognize that tone. “Yessir. It occurred to me that hydrogen is metallic at the right temperature and pressure. If those tanks were really pressurized, the hydrogen would carry a current—but it would take the kind of pressures you find at the core of a gas giant planet.”
– Joe L.
Jan 30 '17 at 16:34
@JoeL You did the leg work, you can take the answer if you want. I don't even remember the year that came out
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 16:43
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In my fruitless search for metallic hydrogen tools, I found metallic helium used as a source of antigravity for spaceships in an 1897 story.
– user14111
2 days ago
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Some say there was an article about the fictional discovery of metallic hydrogen recently in Science. ;)
– Adamant
Jan 30 '17 at 10:30
1
I seem to recall that the Moties in The Mote in Gods Eye were apparently refueling a ship with metallic hydrogen shipped by a linear accelerator. Can't make it an answer, because I no longer have the book to check
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 15:43
2
@infixed: The Mote In God's Eye, Ch. 19: Renner was new to the Navy, but he was learning to recognize that tone. “Yessir. It occurred to me that hydrogen is metallic at the right temperature and pressure. If those tanks were really pressurized, the hydrogen would carry a current—but it would take the kind of pressures you find at the core of a gas giant planet.”
– Joe L.
Jan 30 '17 at 16:34
@JoeL You did the leg work, you can take the answer if you want. I don't even remember the year that came out
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 16:43
2
In my fruitless search for metallic hydrogen tools, I found metallic helium used as a source of antigravity for spaceships in an 1897 story.
– user14111
2 days ago
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Some say there was an article about the fictional discovery of metallic hydrogen recently in Science. ;)
– Adamant
Jan 30 '17 at 10:30
Some say there was an article about the fictional discovery of metallic hydrogen recently in Science. ;)
– Adamant
Jan 30 '17 at 10:30
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I seem to recall that the Moties in The Mote in Gods Eye were apparently refueling a ship with metallic hydrogen shipped by a linear accelerator. Can't make it an answer, because I no longer have the book to check
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 15:43
I seem to recall that the Moties in The Mote in Gods Eye were apparently refueling a ship with metallic hydrogen shipped by a linear accelerator. Can't make it an answer, because I no longer have the book to check
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 15:43
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@infixed: The Mote In God's Eye, Ch. 19: Renner was new to the Navy, but he was learning to recognize that tone. “Yessir. It occurred to me that hydrogen is metallic at the right temperature and pressure. If those tanks were really pressurized, the hydrogen would carry a current—but it would take the kind of pressures you find at the core of a gas giant planet.”
– Joe L.
Jan 30 '17 at 16:34
@infixed: The Mote In God's Eye, Ch. 19: Renner was new to the Navy, but he was learning to recognize that tone. “Yessir. It occurred to me that hydrogen is metallic at the right temperature and pressure. If those tanks were really pressurized, the hydrogen would carry a current—but it would take the kind of pressures you find at the core of a gas giant planet.”
– Joe L.
Jan 30 '17 at 16:34
@JoeL You did the leg work, you can take the answer if you want. I don't even remember the year that came out
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 16:43
@JoeL You did the leg work, you can take the answer if you want. I don't even remember the year that came out
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 16:43
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In my fruitless search for metallic hydrogen tools, I found metallic helium used as a source of antigravity for spaceships in an 1897 story.
– user14111
2 days ago
In my fruitless search for metallic hydrogen tools, I found metallic helium used as a source of antigravity for spaceships in an 1897 story.
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Poul Anderson's Call Me Joe (1957) includes a reference to a level on Jupiter "where water ids a heavy mineral and Hydrogen is a metal". The speaker is told that Hydrogen is still a gas where Joe lives, and that the metallic phase is lower down.
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Poul Anderson's Call Me Joe (1957) includes a reference to a level on Jupiter "where water ids a heavy mineral and Hydrogen is a metal". The speaker is told that Hydrogen is still a gas where Joe lives, and that the metallic phase is lower down.
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Poul Anderson's Call Me Joe (1957) includes a reference to a level on Jupiter "where water ids a heavy mineral and Hydrogen is a metal". The speaker is told that Hydrogen is still a gas where Joe lives, and that the metallic phase is lower down.
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Poul Anderson's Call Me Joe (1957) includes a reference to a level on Jupiter "where water ids a heavy mineral and Hydrogen is a metal". The speaker is told that Hydrogen is still a gas where Joe lives, and that the metallic phase is lower down.
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Some say there was an article about the fictional discovery of metallic hydrogen recently in Science. ;)
– Adamant
Jan 30 '17 at 10:30
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I seem to recall that the Moties in The Mote in Gods Eye were apparently refueling a ship with metallic hydrogen shipped by a linear accelerator. Can't make it an answer, because I no longer have the book to check
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 15:43
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@infixed: The Mote In God's Eye, Ch. 19: Renner was new to the Navy, but he was learning to recognize that tone. “Yessir. It occurred to me that hydrogen is metallic at the right temperature and pressure. If those tanks were really pressurized, the hydrogen would carry a current—but it would take the kind of pressures you find at the core of a gas giant planet.”
– Joe L.
Jan 30 '17 at 16:34
@JoeL You did the leg work, you can take the answer if you want. I don't even remember the year that came out
– infixed
Jan 30 '17 at 16:43
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In my fruitless search for metallic hydrogen tools, I found metallic helium used as a source of antigravity for spaceships in an 1897 story.
– user14111
2 days ago