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Chalmers
[chah-merz, chal-]
noun
Alexander, 1759–1834, Scottish biographer, editor, and journalist.
Example Sentences
The Chalmers research began with a simple but unresolved question about Titan: What happens to hydrogen cyanide after it forms in the moon's atmosphere?
To understand it, they reached out to Rahm's group at Chalmers, known for its deep expertise in hydrogen cyanide chemistry.
"This led to an exciting theoretical and experimental collaboration between Chalmers and NASA. The question we asked ourselves was a bit crazy: Can the measurements be explained by a crystal structure in which methane or ethane is mixed with hydrogen cyanide? This contradicts a rule in chemistry, 'like dissolves like', which basically means that it should not be possible to combine these polar and nonpolar substances," says Martin Rahm.
The Chalmers researchers used large scale computer simulations to test thousands of different ways of organizing the molecules in the solid state, in search of answers.
The research at Chalmers was funded by the Swedish Research Council.
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