About Neil Bartlett (chemist)
Neil Bartlett was a British chemist who specialized in fluorine and compounds containing fluorine, and became famous for creating the first noble gas compounds. He taught chemistry at the University of British Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley. Neil Bartlett (15 September 1932 – 5 August 2008) was a British chemist who specialized in fluorine and compounds containing fluorine, and became famous for creating the first noble gas compounds. In 1962, Bartlett prepared the first noble gas compound, xenon hexafluoroplatinate, Xe+−. He was awarded the prestigious Davy Medal in 2002 for his discovery that the noble gases were not that noble after all.
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