Lithium helide

Lithium helide is a compound of helium and lithium with the formula LiHe. The substance is a cold low-density gas made of Van der Waals molecules, each composed of a helium atom and lithium atom bound by van der Waals force. The preparation of LiHe opens up the possibility to prepare other helium dimers, and beyond that multi-atom clusters that could be used to investigate Efimov states and Casimir retardation effects.

Lithium helide
Names
IUPAC name
Lithium Helide
Other names
Monohelidolithium
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/He.Li
    Key: SINKHWKNPANGEK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [He].[Li]
Properties
HeLi
Molar mass 10.94 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Other cations
Disodium helide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references
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