How did Cochrane obtain dilithium for the first warp flight?
网页2020年6月30日 · He didn't use dilithium because he didn't need it. Dilithium isn't a power source. Dilithium is used to regulate a matter/anti-matter reaction. The actual fuel source in Star Trek is the energy created by a matter/anti-matter reaction between deuterium and anti-deuterium. The dilithium regulates that reaction.
When were dilithium crystals first mentioned in Star Trek?
网页2023年8月16日 · Out of universe, the first mention of dilithium crystals was in the TOS episode "The Alternative Factor" (season 1, episode 20): UHURA: Nothing yet, sir. MASTERS: (A woman in a blue uniform) Report on the dilithium crystals, Captain. KIRK: Yes. MASTERS: Whatever that phenomenon was, it drained almost all of our crystals …
According to MO theory, why is the dilithium cation more stable …
网页2018年10月23日 · According to molecular orbital theory, $\ce{Li2}$ fills up two electrons in the $\sigma_\mathrm{g2s}$ molecular orbital; $\ce{Li2+}$ fills up one electron in the $\sigma_\mathrm{g2s}$ MO, and $\c...
Were lithium crystals ever actually used in warp drives?
网页2020年10月16日 · And if dilithium was mentioned in the era of Enterprise as a substance vitally necessary for warp drive, then dilithium should have been the officially approved phrase to use instead of the long and complex chemical name, until it was changed by being shortened to lithium at an unknown date and then restored to the longer dilithium early in …
Why didn't the Romulans take advantage of The Burn?
网页2020年11月10日 · This is a bit fuzzy since it has been stated a few times that ships "run on" dilithium. But more specifically, ships need dilithium to run, but not as the power source itself. It seems that in case of a warp drive, you need a stable dilithium matrix and some antimatter, which is the actual fuel. This is confirmed a few times throughout TNG:
Has Star Trek: Discovery departed from canon on the role/nature …
网页2021年1月1日 · Both dilithium and anti-matter are crucial elements for a working warp drive. In Star Trek, anti-matter can be synthesized, but dilithium needs to be mined. The Burn of the 31st Century was a galaxy-wide event that caused all dilithium to temporarily become inert, which in turn caused all active warp drives to detonate, as there was nothing ...
Which Star Trek TOS episodes show Dilithium Crystals on screen?
网页2020年7月1日 · Burned out crystal in the dilithium chamber - note that it is now in a the engine room proper - and that the crystal looks like the ones in "The Alternative Factor." Elaan with the necklace (no one knows that it is of dilithium yet): Elaan has left the bridge and come back. Spock discovers her necklace is made of dilithium.
When did dilithium crystals become so important for starships?
网页Dilithium is a crystal used to regulate the matter/anti-matter reactions in the core. But they are found on very few planets, although it was eventually possible to create it artificially and cheaply. Cochrane used an old Titan missile for his first flight, with no obvious sources of dilithium around.
Does dilithium exist? - Chemistry Stack Exchange
网页2019年4月25日 · The dilithium dimer exists- but it isn’t particularly common, and we usually only see it in the gas phase. Essentially, the 2s electrons interact and form a bonding orbital. (s-p mixing is particularly pronounced here, but I presume you don’t know MO Theory.) Due to the diffuse nature of lithium’s atomic orbitals, the bonding is pretty ...
Why is dipositive dilithium more stable than neutral dilithium?
网页2018年6月10日 · The comment asks "Why is Li2+ more stable than Li2". Li2 has a relatively low bond energy (gas phase) of 27 kcal/mol (Cotton and Wilkinson, Inorganic Chemistry).