Liquid platinum at room temperature: possible revolution in industrial chemistry
“To create an effective catalyst, the researchers needed to use a ratio of less than 0.0001 platinum to gallium. And most remarkably of all, the resulting system proved to be over 1,000 times more efficient than its solid-state rival […] Using advanced computational chemistry and modeling, their colleagues at RMIT, led by Professor Salvy Russo, were able to identify that the platinum never becomes solid, right down to the level of individual atoms. […] "They were always separated by gallium atoms. There is no solid platinum forming in this system." […] Surprisingly, it's actually the gallium that does the work of driving the desired chemical reaction, acting under the influence of platinum atoms in close proximity.”<p>Oh dear Lord, maybe the homeopathic cranks have been on to something all along!