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Explosive Chrysopoeia by Uszko, Jan Maurycy; Eichhorn, Stephen J.; Patil, Avinash J.; Hall, Simon R. is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Explosive Chrysopoeia about?

Fulminating gold, the first high-explosive compound to be discovered, disintegrates in a mysterious cloud of purple smoke, the nature of which has been speculated upon since its discovery in 1585. In this work, we show that the colour of the smoke is due to the presence of gold nanoparticles.

Author

Uszko, Jan Maurycy; Eichhorn, Stephen J.; Patil, Avinash J.; Hall, Simon R.

Published

2023

Language

EN