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| A tube shaped like Xenon's symbol (Xe) and filled with the element |
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On July 12. 1898 in England, William Ramsay and Morris
Travers discovered the gas Xenon, or Xe for short, in the remnants of the components of evaporationg liquid air. Xe,
standing for Xenon is listed as number 54 on tbe periodic table and wieghts 131.293 grams. The noble gas is colorless
yet it gives off a blue glow when put into a gas-filled tube. Xenon's density is 5.894 g/L. It's melting point
is -169.1°F and this chemical's bioling point occurs hen the tempature reaches -162.62°F, Xenon's critical point is 289.77
K. Xenon's heat of fusion is 2.27 kJ-mol-1, heat of vaporization - 12.64 kJ-mol-1 and it's heat capacity is 20.786 J-mol-1-K-1.
To isolate Xenon you must seperate it from liquid air.
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"The Noble Gases" Chemicals Today
Chicago, IL World Book Inc., 1995 Volume 3, 155
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