Chemical Bonding Analysis of Na2He Structure via the SSAdNDP Method (IMAGE)

Utah State University

Chemical Bonding Analysis of Na2He Structure via the SSAdNDP Method

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An international group of scientists, including chemists from Utah State University, report helium can bond with sodium at high pressure. Here, an 8c-2e bond is found inside every empty Na8 cube of the Na2He structure. For clarity, only two such bonds are shown.

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Ivan Popov/Utah State University

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