Is Metallic Hydrogen Real or a Meme?

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>is hydrogen metal?
have you looked at bikini atoll lately?

No, why?

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holy shit how did I miss this?
this is huge

My God, your basic lack of chemistry knowledge is very sad. Hydrogen has one electron in a two electron shell. Therefore, it only has one possible bond, and when in the presence of itself, it forms H2. How the fuck is it supposed to form a crystal lattice if it can only bond once? Seriously, read a fucking book and move out of your mom's basement.

Well if you read the comments on the study a lot of people take issue with how the study was conducted and if it can be replicated.

Physicists at Harvard say otherwise?

hydrogen is metal as fuck

So again, you don't understand what a "metal" is or how atoms bond. Forcing atoms next to eachother using pressure is not "turning hydrogen into a metal" for fuck sake.