1111.4138 (A. S. Bakai et al.)

On chemical bonding of Helium with hcp-Beryllium    [PDF]

A. S. Bakai, A. N. Timoshevskii, B. Z. Yanchitsky

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.

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