Physical Properties
Discovery and Name
Compounds and Chemical Properties
Fun with Xenon
Uses of Xenon
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How many protons are there in a Xenon atom?
What are 54 protons.
100
What year was Xenon discovered?
What is 1898.
100
Does Xenon oxidize?
What is yes.
100
About how much of the atmosphere is Xenon (%)
What is about 0.0000087%
100
What is the use of Xenon that is found on a camera
What is the flash when you take a picture.
200
What is Xenon's density to the nearest whole?
What is 6 grams per liter [5.897 grams per liter]
200
Who was Xenon discovered by? hint: was discovered as the same people who discovered Neon and Krypton
Who were Morris Travers and William Ramsay.
200
Is Xenon flammable?
What is no.
200
What is the ratio of Xenon on Earth to Xenon on Mars?
What is about 1:1
200
What is this use of Xenon that is fun to use during parties?
What is a strobe light.
300
How many shells of electrons does a Xenon atom have?
What is 5.
300
Where does the name Xenon come?
Where is the greek word "xenos".
300
Does Xenon rust?
What is no.
300
Per gram, about how much does Xenon cost?
What is $120
300
What is the use of Xenon sometimes used in a car?
What are the headlights of a car.
400
How many valence electrons does a Xenon atom have?
What is 8 valence electrons [group 18].
400
What does the greek word "xenos" mean?
What is "stranger"
400
What are the most common elements Xenon forms compounds with?
What are Oxygen(O), Fluorine(F), and Platinum(Pt)
400
How many Neutrons are in Xenon's most abundant isotope?
What is 78 neutrons.
400
How is Xenon used in medicine?
How is the patient inhales the radioactive form of the element through a mask (Xenon-127 or Xenon-133) and like any other gas the Xenon flows through the body, and the doctor can keep track of its progress and see if your lungs are working properly.
500
What color and odor does xenon have?
What is Xenon is colorless and Odorless.
500
How was Xenon discovered?
How is a large portion of the atmosphere was cooled down to a very low temperature and all the gases changed into liquid form, then the liquid was heated up; thus, it turned back into a gas. (Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Argon were the first gases to evaporate because they make up 99.5% of the atmosphere). The remaining liquid consisted of other atmospheric gases, one of which was Xenon.
500
Does Xenon tarnish and/or rust?
What is no, neither.
500
What is another color Xenon can produce when electrified?
What is a blue-ish purplish color.
500
What is the use of Xenon in the laboratory
What is it is sometimes used in lasers to sterilize lab equipment.
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