Xenon dioxide
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.
Two Canadian chemists, David Brock and Gary Schrobilgen, have just filled in one of the gaps on the short-list of 'missing compounds' by preparing xenon dioxide1. XeO3 and XeO4 had been known for years, but until now, no one had succeeded in making XeO2.
Simon Cotton explores this missing compound.
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