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* Trimethylphosphine {{WikipediaLink|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimethylphosphine}}
 
* Trimethylphosphine {{WikipediaLink|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimethylphosphine}}
 
* Carbon suboxide {{WikipediaLink|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_suboxide}}
 
* Carbon suboxide {{WikipediaLink|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_suboxide}}
Carbon suboxide has a low energy state in earth’s oxidative environment and can be polymerized to a solid that could easily be stored by today’s means. When [[chemomechanical converters]] will become available there most likely will be better storage methods for depleted energy available though.
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Carbon suboxide has a low energy state in earth’s oxidative environment and can be polymerized to a solid that could easily be stored by today’s means. When [[chemomechanical converters]] will become available there most likely will be better storage methods for depleted energy available though. So its just a curiosity. '''Note:''' Somewhat unintuitively the compound C<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> (ethylene dione) is very unstable. It has a short lifetime even at low temperatures.
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This is one of the more subtel instances where one can see that the "[[periodic table as construction kit]]" metaphor must often be taken with a grain of salt.
  
 
== Compounds dominantly containing nitrogen ==
 
== Compounds dominantly containing nitrogen ==

Revision as of 12:06, 30 January 2016

Unusual transition element oxides

Transparent volatile liquids that are highly toxic:

Rather inert compounds with fluorine

  • Sulfur hexafluoride
  • Nitrogen trifluoride

Other compounds with unusual properties

Carbon suboxide has a low energy state in earth’s oxidative environment and can be polymerized to a solid that could easily be stored by today’s means. When chemomechanical converters will become available there most likely will be better storage methods for depleted energy available though. So its just a curiosity. Note: Somewhat unintuitively the compound C2O2 (ethylene dione) is very unstable. It has a short lifetime even at low temperatures. This is one of the more subtel instances where one can see that the "periodic table as construction kit" metaphor must often be taken with a grain of salt.

Compounds dominantly containing nitrogen