History
The history of xenon was quite simple Xenon was discovered in July 1898 and was discovered by Sir William Ramsay and Morris Travers.The origin of the name came from the “xenos” which means stranger. It was because they shortly found neon and krypton and xenon in the residue left over from evaporating components of liquid air. The element is quite rare is mostly because The earth's atmosphere is about 0.0000087% xenon.
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Reactivity
Xenon doesn't really react with anything because it doesn't react with water, acid, and other things because of it is already a noble gas and it has 8 electron in it's outer shell which makes it less reactive.But in some cases this element might react with fluoride but Fluorine is the only that directly reacts with Xenon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Uses
What is this used for today?It is current used for some lamps because it is not toxic and so it is legal to put in lamps.The element is also used for when photographers take pictures for the flash .It is also very bright so it is used strobe light and many other types of lighting example being usually know for car headlights.
Will you see xenon walking down the street
Most likely you will not see xenon walking down the street but you may see it somewhere else like the universe yes the element is not that common around the earth but there is more on other planet like mars and some like jupiter which has a lot of xenon.
Fact that will blow your mind about Xenon
- Jupiter has an exceptionally high amount of xenon, almost three times that of the Sun.
- The first solid-state laser and the first excimer laser relied on xenon.
- No other elements have more than seven stable isotopes.
- The first solid-state laser and the first excimer laser relied on xenon.
- No other elements have more than seven stable isotopes.
Works Cited
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"The Element Xenon." It's Elemental -. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2015.
Furgang, Adam. The Noble Gases: Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon. New York: Rosen Central, 2010. Print.
Gray, Theodore W., and Nick Mann. The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2009. Print.
"XENON." Http://www.chemistryexplained.com/. Chemistryexplained, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2015.
"The Element Xenon." It's Elemental -. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2015.
"The Element Xenon." It's Elemental -. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2015.
Furgang, Adam. The Noble Gases: Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon. New York: Rosen Central, 2010. Print.
Gray, Theodore W., and Nick Mann. The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2009. Print.
"XENON." Http://www.chemistryexplained.com/. Chemistryexplained, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2015.
