High-Pressure Xe₂F Compound

First experimental Xe-Xe bond

A novel noble-gas compound formed from XeF₂ decomposition under combined laser heating and high pressure, breaking the inertness limit and enriching high-pressure noble-gas chemistry.

Liu, Jie · Jinming, Zhu · Yu, Hongyu · Zhang, Zihan · Wu, Gang · Pan, Lingyun · Bao, Kuo · Cui, Tian

Inorganic Chemistry 2024

Specifications

在激光加热后

{'zh': '84.1', 'en': ''} GPa

mmm-XeF

{'zh': '159', 'en': ''} GPa

Advantages

Decomposition product Xe₂F contains Xe-Xe covalent bonds

Neither pressure nor temperature alone induces these changes