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A RESURGENCE of interest in the chemistry of the inert gases has been stimulated by the recent discovery of well-defined compounds of xenon with oxygen1 and fluorine2. Ion molecules of the inert gases of the types KrH+ (ref.3), KrI+ (ref.4), KrCH+ (ref.5), etc., have also been produced and identified in the mass spectrometer. Since the singly charged ions of the inert gases are isoelectronic with the halogens it is possible that a series of compound ions might be formed with alkali metals corresponding to the alkali halide salts.
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FREEMAN, J., MCILROY, R. Preparation of Ion-molecules of the Inert Gases in an Electromagnetic Isotope Separator. Nature 201, 69–70 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201069a0
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