Which country physicists created a new form of Hydrogen? (Negatively charged hydrogen cluster)

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  1. India
  2. Austria
  3. Australia
  4. China

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Option 2 : Austria
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The correct answer is Austria.

Key Points

  • A new form of Hydrogen
    • Physicists in Austria have created a new form of hydrogen known as the negatively charged hydrogen clusters.
    • At temperatures near absolute zero, each cluster consists of hydrogen molecules arranged around a negatively charged hydrogen ion.
    • At the University of Innsbruck, Physicist Michael Renzler and his colleagues infused tiny droplets of liquid helium with hydrogen gas.
    • Then, they bombarded the droplets with an electron beam to produce negatively charged hydrogen ions.
    • The neighbouring hydrogen molecules clustered around the ion in groups.
    • In space, the ions may form naturally in gas giant planets.

Additional Information

  • Austria
    • It is a country in the southern part of Central Europe.
    • It is a federation of nine states with Vienna as the capital.
    • The country shares the border with Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy and Switzerland.
    • It is a member of the United Nations (UN) and the European Union.

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