  It has been proposed that RX J1914.4+2456 is a stellar binary system with an
orbital period of 9.5 mins. As such it shares many similar properties with RX
J0806.3+1527 (5.4 mins). However, while the X-ray spectrum of RX J0806.3+1527
can be modelled using a simple absorbed blackbody, the X-ray spectrum of RX
J1914.4+2456 has proved difficult to fit using a physically plausible model. In
this paper we re-examine the available X-ray spectra of RX J1914.4+2456 taken
using XMM-Newton. We find that the X-ray spectra can be fitted using a simple
blackbody and an absorption component which has a significant enhancement of
neon compared to the solar value. We propose that the material in the
inter-binary system is significantly enhanced with neon. This makes its
intrinsic X-ray spectrum virtually identical to RX J0806.3+1527. We re-access
the X-ray luminosity of RX J1914.4+2456 and the implications of these results.
