Dr. Michael Hofmann justiert eine Probe am Neutronendiffraktometer STRESS-SPEC. Mithilfe des empfindlichen Messgeräts konnten die Forscher auch die Kristallstruktur von Kohlensäure nachweisen. Credit: Bernhard Ludewig / TUM
ENGLISH VERSION: The existence of carbonic acid has long been the subject of debate: theoretically real, but practically impossible to detect. That is because the compound decomposes at the Earth’s surface. A German-Chinese team of researchers working at the FRM II Research Neutron Source at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now made the crystalline structure of carbonic acid molecules visible for the first time. Credit: Bernhard Ludewig / TUM     «

Dr. Michael Hofmann justiert eine Probe am Neutronendiffraktometer STRESS-SPEC. Mithilfe des empfindlichen Messgeräts konnten die Forscher auch die Kristallstruktur von Kohlensäure nachweisen. Credit: Bernhard Ludewig / TUM
ENGLISH VERSION: The existence of carbonic acid has long been the subject of debate: theoretically real, but practically impossible to detect. That is because the compound decomposes at the Earth’s surface. A German-Chinese team of researchers working at the FRM II Research...     »