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Cosmic Queries – Astrochemistry with Kate the Chemist

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Xe F4

We thought xenon was an inert gas forever. It is in the periodic table. We were actually able to make XE F4, so put four fluorines on it. People were not expecting that at all because you thought it was an inertGas. But it turns out it's only a nerd under certain conditions. What's the one in the universe you have? Wait, wait. I got to throw that in there. 25 Celsius. Oh, yeah. That's like the only effort I don't allow in my classroom.

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