Comment on "Observation of the Wigner-Huntington transition to metallic hydrogen"

Dias and Silvera (Research Article, 17 February 2017, p. 715) claim the observation of the Wigner-Huntington transition to metallic hydrogen at 495 gigapascals. We show that neither the claims of the record pressure nor the phase transition to a metallic state are supported by data and that the data contradict the authors’ own unconfirmed previous results.

Source: ScienceNOW - August 24, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Liu, X.-D., Dalladay-Simpson, P., Howie, R. T., Li, B., Gregoryanz, E. Tags: Online Only, Physics t-comment Source Type: news