Xenon By: Isabella carre-diaz
Intruduction

Xenon is a noble gas. Xenon is also not common in medical and commercial use and was discovered by the same chemist who discovered krypton.
Physical Properties

- it falls into the non-metal's category
- melting pointing point is 161.3 k
- it's boiling point is 165 k
- it's atomic number is 54 and its atomic weight is 131.3
- it's natural state is gas
A Brief History

- Xenon = Xenos the Greek word for stranger
- Discovered by Sir William Ramsay and Morris M. Travers
- Was found in the residue from Fractionally Distilled Liquid Air
- Was discovered in London
- July 12, 1898
The Industrial and Medicinal use of Xenon
- Xenon is uncommon compared in commercial and medical use compared to other elements
- Xenon is used in lights: cars, ultraviolet lamps, bacterial lamps, etc.
- Xenon has been used as a anaesthetic
- PTSD and memory loss
Fun Facts

- Xenon is orderless, colorless, and tasteless
- Xenon ions were used in an experimental engine aboard the space probe Deep Space 1
- Xenon was the first gas discovered to make compounds
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