Trinity Glass Yields First-Ever Clathrate Crystal
Scientists using CT and X-ray scans on trinitite—the glass formed by the 1945 Trinity nuclear test—have identified a hitherto unseen red clathrate crystal trapped within its lattice. This marks the first observation of such a clathrate in natural or nuclear-explosion materials, highlighting the extreme conditions produced by nuclear detonations; researchers caution that collecting samples from the blast site is illegal.