The changing phase of liquid metals

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Most elements are metals. These elements remain metallic when they are heated through their melting point at normal pressure. Perhaps more surprisingly, two elements that are non-metallic in their solid form, silicon and germanium, also become metallic on melting. Indeed, if we consider the extremes of temperature and pressure found in many geophysical and astrophysical settings – some of which are now accessible in terrestrial laboratories – even more non-metallic elements become metallic in the fluid state. This includes fluid hydrogen, which has recently been shown to be metallic at high enough temperatures and pressures.

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