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Noble gases do not bond.
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Hey, xenon bonds. Time to write an angry letter.
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:21 AM on November 6, 2011
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:21 AM on November 6, 2011
Even argon can bond if you get it cold enough (HArF, which is a great formula).
posted by Dr.Enormous at 5:49 AM on November 6, 2011
posted by Dr.Enormous at 5:49 AM on November 6, 2011
I generally have no love for SLYTs. Today, you have changed my mind. This was an SLYT worth watching.
posted by theora55 at 5:50 AM on November 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by theora55 at 5:50 AM on November 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
They never said Xenon does not bond. She just happened to be eating some food in her shot.
posted by piratebowling at 5:58 AM on November 6, 2011
posted by piratebowling at 5:58 AM on November 6, 2011
Oh, I'm not a Chemistry person and just looked up to see that xenon is a noble gas. Flame me and write those angry letters.
posted by piratebowling at 5:59 AM on November 6, 2011
posted by piratebowling at 5:59 AM on November 6, 2011
I shit you not I just woke up from a dream about an AskMe question where some dude was doing some dumb shit with Potassium and water and everyone was like "dude cut that out" and he was all "whatever."
So what I'm saying is that I will give someone $100 to kill me.
posted by griphus at 6:41 AM on November 6, 2011 [3 favorites]
So what I'm saying is that I will give someone $100 to kill me.
posted by griphus at 6:41 AM on November 6, 2011 [3 favorites]
xenon even bonds with gold
Now I ain't sayin' Xe's a gold digger
posted by soma lkzx at 6:46 AM on November 6, 2011 [9 favorites]
Now I ain't sayin' Xe's a gold digger
posted by soma lkzx at 6:46 AM on November 6, 2011 [9 favorites]
"Since O2 and xenon have almost the same first ionization potential, Bartlett realized that platinum hexafluoride might also be able to oxidize xenon. On March 23, 1962, he mixed the two gases and produced the first known compound of a noble gas, xenon hexafluoroplatinate."
A few of us remember taking a chemistry class where the teacher told us noble gasses do not ever bond, but the first known result was obtained by a young chemist at the University of British Columbia in 1962. The Yankees won the world series that year but nobody is going to remember that in a hundred years.
posted by bukvich at 6:49 AM on November 6, 2011
A few of us remember taking a chemistry class where the teacher told us noble gasses do not ever bond, but the first known result was obtained by a young chemist at the University of British Columbia in 1962. The Yankees won the world series that year but nobody is going to remember that in a hundred years.
posted by bukvich at 6:49 AM on November 6, 2011
Wow, griphus. You dream AskMe questions?
I am such a n00b.
posted by likeso at 6:50 AM on November 6, 2011
I am such a n00b.
posted by likeso at 6:50 AM on November 6, 2011
xenon hexafluoroplatinate
So Xenon doesn't bond, but it does participate in orgies.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 7:26 AM on November 6, 2011
So Xenon doesn't bond, but it does participate in orgies.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 7:26 AM on November 6, 2011
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