Noble gases again...

[JMBuilder]

If you were to remove one of Xenon's electrons, could it form a bond with something from the sodium family (maintained in a vac chamber)? If so, would bombarding it with electrons split the bond?

[Kryten]

How exactly do you intend to 'remove one of Xenon's electrons'?

[K^2]

It will strip the valence electron off sodium, and you'll end up with sodium ions in chamber instead of xenon ions. No bonds will be made.

[JMBuilder]

Is there any sort of unstable noble gas compound that would explode when it re-stabilized?

[Moon Goddess]

Is there any sort of unstable noble gas compound that would explode when it re-stabilized?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenic_acid

I don't know if it explodes, but this is probably as reactive as you get.

[JMBuilder]

The explosive compound Xenon Tetroxide is created through several reaction steps. However, is it possible that applying high levels of energy or pressure to Xenon and Oxygen could fuse them into Xenon Tetroxide?

[Moon Goddess]

A) why didn't this stay in your other thread?

I might suggest http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience

[sal_vager]

Fixed it

And no, I don't think it works that way.

[JMBuilder]

1. If you heavily compressed ionized Xenon with ionized Helium, would they form an unstable bond? And again, would it explode when re-stabilized?

2. Is there any way to prevent Hydrogen from bonding with itself?

3. What would happen if you jumbled up ionized Xenon, ionized Hydrogen, and ionized Oxygen and heavily compressed them?

[Kimberly]

Is the world ready to know why you want an explosive Xenon compound?

[Scotius]

And why on Earth would you want such expensive, difficult to create and undoubtely nasty concoction?

[JMBuilder]

Basically, it's a fusion-fission reactor/engine, capable of splitting a compound and fusing it back together to create energy without wasting any resources. The reason I was keeping it so obscured was because I was worried someone would invent it before I could (x_x) but I think I need all the help I can get.

Edited July 14, 2013 by JMBuilder

[Kryten]

So you expect to have a mechanism where it's in the exact same state as the end of the cycle of the cycle as at the beginning, but produces excess energy?

[JMBuilder]

It seems that noble gas is the only way to possibly achieve that. An unstable compound would explode, creating more energy than what you started with. Fusing it back together would require a lot of energy, but hopefully the output would be greater.

[Kryten]

It would require an exactly equal amount of energy. Energy can't be created or destroyed.

[JMBuilder]

Well, then forget that. I just had a brilliant idea for a special VASIMR-chemical hybrid rocket. Can oxygen burn by itself in space?

[Kryten]

Burning is a chemical reaction, oxygen forming bonds with something.

[JMBuilder]

So would it need to bond with something like Hydrogen?

[Kimberly]

Energy can't be created or destroyed.

Well, you can turn it into mass or derive it from mass. But there is conservation of mass-energy.

So would it need to bond with something like Hydrogen?

Yes, exactly. Put hydrogen and oxygen together, add a bit of energy (such as a spark), and you get a chemical reaction in which the two bond to form water. That's burning.

[JMBuilder]

OH! I just had a brilliant idea!! On atmospheric craft, why not replace jets with special systems that would ionize the air itself and blast it out using magnets? It would cut down on petroleum fuel consumption by a significant margin!

[Kryten]

Petroleum is just a source of energy. How much energy do you think is it going to take to turn air into plasma and move it with magnets compared to moving the same amount of air using a turbine?

[JMBuilder]

CRAPSAUCE, I can't come up with anything good.....

[JMBuilder]

Does Xenon need a continuous supply of energy to be ionized?

[Yourself]

Does Xenon need a continuous supply of energy to be ionized?

Practically speaking, yes. It takes energy to remove electrons and then it takes energy to contain the Xenon ions so that they don't go ripping electrons off of anything else.

[Flixxbeatz]

King's/Queen's flatulence, you say?