On chemical bonding of Helium with hcp-Beryllium
arXiv:1111.4138 · doi:10.1063/1.3665873
Abstract
Chemical inertness is the key property of helium determining its solubility, distribution and accumulation kinetics in metals. Against all expectations, our ab initio calculations show a substantial chemical bonding between He and Be atoms in the hcp-Be matrix when He occupies a non-symmetric position in a basal plane.
Revised version of manuscript, 4 pages, 4 figures
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