The reactions of xenon and fluorine to form xenon fluorides

Abstract

The present paper recounts experiments that we have been carrying on since 1963 in an effort to ascertain whether the principal reactions involved in the formation of xenon fluorides from xenon and fluorine are heterogeneous or homogeneous. The results here presented clearly indicate that the reactions are heterogeneous and occur for the most part on the fluorinated walls of the Monel reaction vessels or on the surface of added metal fluorides. CoF 3 , NiF 2 , and CaF all exhibited catalytic activity for the fluorine-xenon reactions.