New xenon oxides may provide clues to the missing xenon paradox
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 08:31
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—Xenon, one of the noble gases, forms oxides that are not stable under ambient conditions, but are stable under very high pressure. In an effort to understand why the Earth's crust and atmosphere lacks the expected amount of xenon, researchers from institutions in France, the U.K. and Japan have made two new xenon compounds under high pressure conditions.