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EspañolDILITHIUM (STAR TREK)
:''This article is about the fictitious substance. For other uses, see Dilithium (disambiguation).
In the Star Trek universe, 'dilithium' is a fictional chemical element, although the name also applies to a real-world molecule.
Dilithium typically occurs as a crystalline mineral. Streams of matter and antimatter directed into crystallized dilithium generate plasma that is used to power the warp drives that allow starships to travel faster than light. The specific details of this reaction were officially established in the '' series; in earlier works it is not clearly defined.
Dilithium's chemical symbol is Dt, its atomic weight is 87 and it is a member of the hypersonic series of elements, according to an in-joke filled periodic table seen in episodes of ''The Next Generation''[1] and ''.''[2] The dilithium crystal structure is 2(5)6 dilithium 2(:)l diallosilicate 1:9:1 heptoferranide, according to the ''.
In the original series, dilithium crystals were rare and occurred only naturally (could not be replicated), making the search for them a major plot element for a number of stories. In '', Spock discovers a method of re-crystallizing dilithium that allows the crew to regenerate the crystals on board their Klingon Bird-of-prey. This involves using 20th century fission reactors that generate high-energy photons that could cause the crystals to regenerate. Presumably this technique was not used earlier in the series because fission reactors had long been replaced by cleaner and more efficient technology.
To avoid plots based on searches for dilithium crystals, the back-story of ''The Next Generation'' has dilithium synthesized artificially. These crystals can also be re-crystallized using technology that had been developed during the time between the movies and the events of ''The Next Generation''.
It is established in the TNG episode "Pen Pals" that large deposits of dilithium crystals in the upper crust of a planet can create tectonic instability, resulting in a completely molten surface if left unchecked. The crew of the ''Enterprise''-D devised a method of eliminating the dilithium from such planets in order to save them.
The props used in place of dilithium crystals appear to be rose quartz in some instances and calcite in others. Dilithium has been called "lithium" crystals in Mudd's Women, a episode originally aired Oct. 13, 1966, an episode that displayed a prop crystal.
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★ "The Mineralogy of Star Trek" [1]
In the Star Trek universe, 'dilithium' is a fictional chemical element, although the name also applies to a real-world molecule.
Dilithium typically occurs as a crystalline mineral. Streams of matter and antimatter directed into crystallized dilithium generate plasma that is used to power the warp drives that allow starships to travel faster than light. The specific details of this reaction were officially established in the '' series; in earlier works it is not clearly defined.
Dilithium's chemical symbol is Dt, its atomic weight is 87 and it is a member of the hypersonic series of elements, according to an in-joke filled periodic table seen in episodes of ''The Next Generation''[1] and ''.''[2] The dilithium crystal structure is 2(5)6 dilithium 2(:)l diallosilicate 1:9:1 heptoferranide, according to the ''.
In the original series, dilithium crystals were rare and occurred only naturally (could not be replicated), making the search for them a major plot element for a number of stories. In '', Spock discovers a method of re-crystallizing dilithium that allows the crew to regenerate the crystals on board their Klingon Bird-of-prey. This involves using 20th century fission reactors that generate high-energy photons that could cause the crystals to regenerate. Presumably this technique was not used earlier in the series because fission reactors had long been replaced by cleaner and more efficient technology.
To avoid plots based on searches for dilithium crystals, the back-story of ''The Next Generation'' has dilithium synthesized artificially. These crystals can also be re-crystallized using technology that had been developed during the time between the movies and the events of ''The Next Generation''.
It is established in the TNG episode "Pen Pals" that large deposits of dilithium crystals in the upper crust of a planet can create tectonic instability, resulting in a completely molten surface if left unchecked. The crew of the ''Enterprise''-D devised a method of eliminating the dilithium from such planets in order to save them.
The props used in place of dilithium crystals appear to be rose quartz in some instances and calcite in others. Dilithium has been called "lithium" crystals in Mudd's Women, a episode originally aired Oct. 13, 1966, an episode that displayed a prop crystal.
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