Xenon Isn't so Aloof Under Pressure (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Xenon Isn't so Aloof Under Pressure

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The application of extreme pressure dramatically affects the chemical properties of xenon, so that it stops acting aloof and interacts with iron and nickel. This illustration shows how the changes in the electromagnetic properties of xenon, iron, and nickel under these intense pressures allow for the formation of XeFe3 and XeNi3.

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Image is courtesy of the research team: Alexander Goncharov, Hanyu Liu, Elissaios Stavrou, Sergey Lobanov, Yansun Yao, Joseph Zaug, Eran Greenberg, and Vitali Prakapenka

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