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Xe
131.30
Xenon
General | States | Energies | Oxidation & Electrons |
Appearance & Characteristics | Reactions |
Other Forms Radius | Conductivity | Abundance



General:

Name: Xenon Symbol: Xe
Group: Noble Gas Atomic weight: 131.30
Density @ 293 K: 0.00588 g/cm3 Atomic volume: 37.3 cm3/mol
Group: Noble Gas Discovered: 1898

States

State (s, l, g): gas
Melting point: 161.3 K Boiling point: 165 K
Heat of fusion: 2.297 kJ/mol Heat of vaporization: 12.636 kJ/mol

Energies

1st ionization energy: 1170.4 kJ/mole
Electronegativity: 2.6 2nd ionization energy: 2046.4 kJ/mole
Electron affinity: kJ/mole 3rd ionization energy: 3097.2 kJ/mole
Specific heat: 0.158 J/gK Heat atomization: 0 kJ/mole atoms

Oxidation & Electrons

Shells: 2,8,18,18,8 Electron configuration: [Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p6
Minimum oxidation number: 0 Maximum oxidation number: 8
Min. common oxidation no.: 0 Max. common oxidation no.: 6

Appearance & Characteristics

Structure: fcc: face-centered cubic Color: Colorless
Uses: UV-laser, hi intens lamps Toxicity: no
Hardness: mohs Characteristics: unreactive

Reactions

Reaction with air: none
Reaction with 6 M HCl: none Reaction with 6 M HCl: none
Reaction with 15 M HNO3: none Reaction with 6 M NaOH: none

Other Forms

Number of isotopes: 9 Hydride(s): none
Oxide(s): XeO3 XeO4 Chloride(s): none

Radius

Ionic radius (2- ion): pm Ionic radius (1- ion): pm
Atomic radius: 131 pm Ionic radius (1+ ion): pm
Ionic radius (2+ ion): pm Ionic radius (3+ ion): pm

Conductivity

Thermal conductivity: 0.01 J/m-sec-deg
Electrical conductivity: 0 1/mohm-cm Polarizability: 4 A^3

Abundance

Source: Air
Rel. abund. solar system: 0.672 log Abundance earth's crust: -4.5 log
cost, pure: 120 $/100g cost, bulk: $/100g