Scientists Identify Kryptonite

Scientists Identify Kryptonite [WORDS]   ♧ mineral : n. 광물, 광석   ♧ desperately : ad. 절망적으로, 자포자기하여, 필사적으로   ♧ after all : ad. 결국   ♧ miner : n. 광부, 광산업자   ♧ Serbia   ♧ makeup : n. 짜임새, 구성, 성질, 기질   ♧ chemistry : n. 화학, 화학적 성질   ♧ artificially : ad. 인위적으로, 인공적으로   ♧ sodium : n. 나트륨   ♧ lithium : n. 리튬   ♧ boron : n. 붕소   ♧ silicate : n. 규산염   ♧ hydroxide : n. 수산화물   ♧ fluorine : n. 불소   ♧ element : n. 원소, 요소   ♧ incredible : a. 믿어지지 않는, 놀라운, 엄청난   ♧ coincidence : n. 동시에 일어남, 동시발생   ♧ powdery : a. 가루투성이의, 가루가 되기 쉬운   ♧ jadarite   ♧ be make up of : ~로 구성되다   ♧ application : n. 응용, 적용   ♧ drop in for a visit : v. 잠시 들르다        In the world of super heroes, it was the one thing that made superman weak.   "Kkkkryptonite."   Researchers say kryptonite, the mineral Superman desperately avoided isn't quite science fiction after all.   "Crystals. They're amazing. Aren't they?"   Miners in Serbia pulled this rock out of the earth, and soon realized it was like no other known mineral. Scientists at the Natural History Museum in London studied and identified the rocks chemical makeup.   "After we got its chemistry, we thought, wow, let's put it on the Internet and see if anyone has made this stuff artificially because kind of it isn't natural. And, we were amazed to find that the first hit that we got back, an exact match, was for kryptonite."   Confirmed in a scene from Superman Returns, when kryptonite was stolen from a museum all that's left is a list of elements : sodium, lithium, boron, silicate, hydroxide - the only difference is there is no fluorine in the real thing.  "You know there's about 90 naturally occurring elements and to pick five - and just those five - and put them all in..in a string sentence, you know, to have it..as being the same as this. It's just...it's incredible, really. You have to wonder about coincidences when it comes to that."   This small, white, powdery substance may share the same elements as Superman's kryptonite. But they won't share the same name. Let me introduce you to, jadarite. They're calling it jadarite after the Serbian mine from which it came.   "...that...Jadarite itself is made up of lots and lots and lots of tiny little crystals."   The crystals may not be green, and researchers say it's not clear what application jadarite may have in the future. But, as this rock will be on display in London beginning in mid-May, perhaps, Superman better think twice before dropping in for a visit.   Alphonso Van Marsh, CNN, London.