Xenon Element Properties, Noble Gas Group, Periodic Table of the Elements
Xenon
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Xenon Element Properties |
 | | General |
| Name | Xenon |
| Symbol | Xe |
| Number | 54 |
| Group Number | 18 |
| Group | Noble Gas |
| Block | p |
| Density | 0.00588 g/cm3 |
| Atomic Weight | 131.30 g/mol |
| Atomic Volume | 37.3 cm3/mol |
| Discover | 1898 |
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| States |
| State | Gas |
| Melting Point | 161.4 K |
| Boiling Point | 165.03 K |
| Triple Point | 161.405 |
| Critical Point | 289.77 K |
| Heat of Fusion | 2.27 kJ/mol |
| Heat of Vaporization | 12.64 kJ/mol |
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| Energies |
| First Ionization Energy | 1170.4 kJ/mole |
| Second Ionization Energy | 2046.4 kJ/mole |
| Third Ionization Energy | 3097.2 kJ/mole |
| Electronegativity | 2.6 |
| Electron Affinity | Nil |
| Specific Heat | 0.158 J/gK |
| Heat Atomization | Nil |
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| Oxidation and Electrons |
| Shells | 2,8,18,18,8 |
| Electron Configuration | [Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p6 |
| Minimum Oxidation Number | 0 |
| Maximum Oxidation Number | 8 |
| Minimum Common Oxidation Number | 0 |
| Maximum Common Oxidation Number | 6 |
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| Appearance and Characteristics |
| Crystal Structure | cubic face centered |
| Characteristics | unreactive |
| Color | colorless |
| Uses | UV-laser, hi intens lamps |
| Hardness | Nil |
| Toxicity | No |
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| Reactions |
| Reaction with Air | None |
| Reaction with 6M HCl | None |
| Reaction with 15M HNO3 | None |
| Reaction with 6M NaOH | None |
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| Other Forms |
| Number of Isotopes | 9 |
| Hydride | None |
| Oxide | XeO3 XeO4 |
| Chloride | None |
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| Radius |
| Atomic Radius | 131 pm |
| Ionic Radius (1+ ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (1- ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (2+ ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (2- ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (3+ ion) | Nil |
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| Conductivity |
| Thermal Conductivity | 0.01 J/m-sec-deg |
| Electrical Conductivity | 0 1/mohm-cm |
| Polarizability | 4 A3 |
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| Abundance |
| Source | Air |
| Relation Abundance Solar System | 0.672 log |
| Abundance Earth's Crust | -4.5 log |
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