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Is it possible to combine Gold, Titanium, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen into a single molecule? I would like to know the shape of the molecule, and the chemical formula. Is there more than one possibility? I would really appreciate your help here. I am trying to make a computer game about space, and this molecule will be the fuel for engines, you can grind it up and make it lubricant for the engines, and it\'s deadly in its liquid state.Thank you very much!

Question Date: 2012-12-20
Answer 1:

There's no reason in theory why you couldn't mix these four elements to make a compound, but I doubt this compound would be very stable, as the elements in question would rather be in their pure, elemental forms. There are, however, a potentially quite large number of compounds you COULD make using almost any combinations of elements (for example, water is the most stable and most common compound you get from mixing hydrogen and oxygen, but hydrogen peroxide, H2O2, is also a compound from the same two elements).

I'm not sure how or why you need these four elements for your spaceship engine, though. What would this stuff burn to become?



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