Wanted
Xenon
Wanted for
- Used commercially
- Used in photographic flash lamps, bactericidal lamps, high-intensive arc-lamps for motion picture projection and high-pressure arc lamps
Used in car headlights and UV lights
Xenon is also used in bubble chambers, probes and other applications
Aliases
Chemical symbol is Xe
Greek for strange of foreign
Description
Colorless
Atomic Mass is 131.29
Atomic Number is 54
Non-Metal
Gas at room temperature
Structure
54 protons
77 neutrons
54 electrons
First Arresting Officer
Discovered by Sir William Ramsay (A Scottish Chemist) & Morris W. Travers (An English Chemist), after the elements krypton and neon were discovered
Ramsay discovered the Noble Gases and got a Noble Prize in chemistry inn 1904
Travers founded the Indian Institute of Science, and worked with Ramsay to discover Krypton, Xenon, and Neon
Report of first arrest
Discovered in 1898
They found xenon in the residue left over from evaporating components of liquid air.
Last Seen
Xenon is found as the 54th element on the Periodic Table
The family name is called the Noble Gasses
Found in Earth’s Atmosphere
Known Associates
Forms compounds with Tetrafluoride
The only Noble Gas that forms chemical compounds that are stable at room temperature
- Xe+2F 2 →XeF 4
Warning Label
Xenon in its pure form is stable
ISBN and Citations
978-1-4358-3558-0
Staff, By Live Science. "Facts About Xenon." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 17 June 2013. Web. 21 Sept. 2015.
Xenon World of Chemistry Gale 2000 Web 18 Sept 2015