Iridium forms compound in +9 oxidation state

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Iridium oxide cation made by pulsed-laser vaporisation in the gas phase

An international team of scientists has made a compound containing iridium in the +9 oxidation state – something that has been predicted by theoretical models but never formed experimentally before.

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