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Water transformed into shiny, golden metal [nature.com]:

Journal Reference:
Castelvecchi, Davide. Water transformed into shiny, golden metal, (DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-02065-w [doi.org])
Mason, Philip E., Schewe, H. Christian, Buttersack, Tillmann, et al. Spectroscopic evidence for a gold-coloured metallic water solution, Nature (DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03646-5 [doi.org])
Tillmann Buttersack, Philip E. Mason, Ryan S. McMullen, et al. Photoelectron spectra of alkali metal–ammonia microjets: From blue electrolyte to bronze metal [$], Science (DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz7607 [doi.org])
Mason, Philip E., Uhlig, Frank, Vaněk, Václav, et al. Coulomb explosion during the early stages of the reaction of alkali metals with water, Nature Chemistry (DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2161 [doi.org])

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