Newly discovered, beautiful blue mineral could revolutionize batteries

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Researchers from St. Petersburg University in Russia found a beautiful new mineral species called “petrovite,” created in the volcanos of the remote region of Kamchatka in the country’s far east.

The research team that found petrovite was headed by crystallography professor Stanislav Filatov, who studied the minerals of Kamchatka for over 40 years. 

Petrovite, the blue and green mineral Filatov’s team discovered, with the chemical formula of Na10CaCu2(SO4)8, contains oxygen atoms, sodium sulphur, and copper in a porous framework. “The copper atom in the crystal structure of petrovite has an unusual and very rare coordination of seven oxygen atoms,” explained Filatov.

The mineral may be adaptable as cathode material in sodium-ion batteries.

https://bigthink.com/hard-science/newly-discovered-mineral-petrovite-could-revolutionize-batteries/

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Ok i read the entire article and there was an enourmous amounts of:

 

"Could", "may", "potentially", "one problem with this is ________ but may be solved by" etc

 

Ok great if it turns out to be great cheaper substitute but for the moment it seems to be saturated with maybes and question marks

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20 hours ago, Economy said:

Ok i read the entire article and there was an enourmous amounts of:

 

"Could", "may", "potentially", "one problem with this is ________ but may be solved by" etc

 

Ok great if it turns out to be great cheaper substitute but for the moment it seems to be saturated with maybes and question marks

This is really science in a nutshell.

Technology is the domain of things known to be functional and practical, while science is the domain of theorising and research.