Xenon (Xe)
1. ELEMENTS PICTURE
(http://images-of-elements.com/xenon-2.jpg)
2. DESCRIPTION OF XENON
The name originates from the Greek word 'xenon' meaning the stranger.
(http://www.elementalmatter.info/element-xenon.htm)
Xenon is the fifth member of the noble gases, and makes up one part of a twenty millionth of the atmosphere. It is colorless, tasteless, odorless, and a non metal element. When put in a vacuum tube, it creates a bright blue glow because of the electrical discharge. Xenon has the following physical properties: Atomic number: 54, atomic weight: 131.293, standard state: Gas at 298 K, group in the periodic table: 18, period: 5, chemical symbol: Xe, melting point: 161. 4 K, boiling point: 165.1 K and density of solid: 3640 kg m-3.
Xenon is a natural element. Since Xenon is almost entirely inert, or an nonreactive gas, it has very few chemical properties. However, Xenon can chemically bond with fluorine and oxygen to create many compounds. Metallic and colored Xenon compounds have been produced. In addition, Xenon has 9 stable, and 20 unstable isotopes. Xenon is not toxic, but its compounds are because they have oxidizing, the ability to chemically combine with oxygen, characteristics.
(https://sites.google.com/site/xenonthe5thnoblegas/description)
3. DISCOVERER AND ITS PICTURE
William Ramsay, the only child of civil engineer and businessman William Ramsay and his wife Catherine, was born on October 2, 1852, in Glasgow, Scotland. Despite the scientific background of his family, he was expected to study for the ministry. He completed his secondary education at the Glasgow Academy and in 1866 entered the University of Glasgow, where he pursued a standard course of study in the classics. He became interested in chemistry when he read about gunpowder manufacture in a textbook, and he began attending lectures on chemistry and physics as a result. Starting in 1869, he also worked as a chemical apprentice to Glasgow City
(http://images-of-elements.com/xenon-2.jpg)
2. DESCRIPTION OF XENON
The name originates from the Greek word 'xenon' meaning the stranger.
(http://www.elementalmatter.info/element-xenon.htm)
Xenon is the fifth member of the noble gases, and makes up one part of a twenty millionth of the atmosphere. It is colorless, tasteless, odorless, and a non metal element. When put in a vacuum tube, it creates a bright blue glow because of the electrical discharge. Xenon has the following physical properties: Atomic number: 54, atomic weight: 131.293, standard state: Gas at 298 K, group in the periodic table: 18, period: 5, chemical symbol: Xe, melting point: 161. 4 K, boiling point: 165.1 K and density of solid: 3640 kg m-3.
Xenon is a natural element. Since Xenon is almost entirely inert, or an nonreactive gas, it has very few chemical properties. However, Xenon can chemically bond with fluorine and oxygen to create many compounds. Metallic and colored Xenon compounds have been produced. In addition, Xenon has 9 stable, and 20 unstable isotopes. Xenon is not toxic, but its compounds are because they have oxidizing, the ability to chemically combine with oxygen, characteristics.
(https://sites.google.com/site/xenonthe5thnoblegas/description)
3. DISCOVERER AND ITS PICTURE
William Ramsay, the only child of civil engineer and businessman William Ramsay and his wife Catherine, was born on October 2, 1852, in Glasgow, Scotland. Despite the scientific background of his family, he was expected to study for the ministry. He completed his secondary education at the Glasgow Academy and in 1866 entered the University of Glasgow, where he pursued a standard course of study in the classics. He became interested in chemistry when he read about gunpowder manufacture in a textbook, and he began attending lectures on chemistry and physics as a result. Starting in 1869, he also worked as a chemical apprentice to Glasgow City