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Molecular Bondage

Throughout time we have been searching to find ways to create things from putting them together with tools to putting them together with at the base molecular level and here are a few examples of this process.

Fullerenes



This image depicts the mixture of fullerenes (pink, soccer ball–shaped molecules) and xylene (blue molecules) before it is compressed to form a material that’s hard enough to dent a diamond. Credit: 

Throughout time the diamond has be considered the hardest thing on Earth but now we have discovered a new molecule called the Fullerene. These are being put together through intense pressure to bond the molecules to create an atom that is harder than diamonds. This is just one of the many examples of how molecules can be bonded to create useful things that can be used in everyday life.

Another example of molecular bonding is H2O. Through the combining of the molecules of oxygen and hydrogen create water which is the most essential resource on Earth. This is just another way that molecular bonding is used to create resources that are severally.



Water is formed through covalent bonds. Covalent bonds are formed when two nonmetals share electrons. Covalent bonds occur when nonmetal elements have a unstable outermost shell know as the valence electrons give up or gain electrons and then live with the other element or elements outer shell.

There are several different ways and uses for molecular bondage. These are just a few of the ways that science has developed over time.

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