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Amazing. I dont understand nearly enough about materials science to grok how you iterate to such a discovery. Does anyone else have intimate knowledge of the g

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• pjc50 8y ago
  The best description I've read of the iterative process of chemistry development is good old "Ignition!" by John D Clark, on the subject of rocket fuels. Generally what happens is a simple theoretical model predicts what the most efficient compounds to try are - but not all their properties can be predicted theoretically. So somebody has to try them and find out what all the handling and fabrication difficulties are, then develop solutions for the sub-problems. (Does anyone have the scihub link to the actual study referenced in the article?)
  • tim333 8y ago
    http://sci-hub.tw/http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2018/08/08/science.aat2612 http://sci-hub.tw/http://science.sciencemag.org/content/earl...