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Neil Bartlett

British chemist

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xenon
Compounds
…until 1962, when British chemist Neil Bartlett produced the first noble-gas compound, a yellow-orange solid that can best be formulated as a mixture of [XeF⁺][PtF₆⁻], [XeF⁺][Pt₂F₁₁⁻], and PtF₅. Xenon has the most extensive chemistry in Group 18 and exhibits the oxidation states +1/2, +2, +4, +6, and…
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…until 1962, when British chemist Neil Bartlett produced the first noble-gas compound, a yellow-orange solid that can best be formulated as a mixture of [XeF⁺][PtF₆⁻], [XeF⁺][Pt₂F₁₁⁻], and PtF₅. Xenon has the most extensive chemistry in Group 18 and exhibits the oxidation states +1/2, +2, +4, +6, and…
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