Research
Bartlett's main speciality was the chemistry of fluorine and of compounds containing fluorine. In 1962, Bartlett prepared one of the first noble gas compounds, xenon hexafluoroplatinate, Xe+−. This contradicted established models of the nature of valency, as it was believed that all noble gases were entirely inert to chemical combination. He subsequently produced and reproduced several other fluorides of xenon: XeF2, XeF4, and XeF6.
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