Talk:Argon compounds

Review papers
Reviews for these compounds are few and far between but there are some mentions. --Project Osprey (talk) 12:17, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Compounds?
Are the materials discussed in this article compounds? People who work in this area refer to these as van der Waals complexes, at least to my recollection. --Smokefoot (talk) 13:05, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Argon fluorohydride (HArF) seems to be, ditto for argonium (ArH+). That said, a lot of the compounds discussed do seems to be electrostatic adducts of ArH+. --Project Osprey (talk) 13:37, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Is there a better name than compounds? "Chemicals" is even less correct. But perhaps you could use the term "chemistry".Most of the excimers have something like a conventional covalent bond, however these are all very short lived.  Quite a few of the ions with hydrogen have what is like a hydrogen bond.  They are certainly not like conventional solid compounds, but are in a broader definition of compound, a combination of argon with something else. They could be called molecules or molecular ions. Our experience of chemistry is influenced strongly by the standard conditions that we normally experience, 25° 1 atm.  However these molecular substances exist at low temperatures, low pressures, or conditions far from equilibrium, eg driven by a laser. There would also be argon containing solids substances at high pressure.  But they are not included here yet. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:04, 7 October 2016 (UTC)