Xenon

Pasteur Scince

1. Xenon
Xe
54
131.293 amu
•Discovered on July,12 1898
•Discovered by William
Ramsay and Morris Travers
•The name came from the
word xenon(singular of
xenos) meaning
‘foreign’,’stranger’,’guest’.
•Discovered In England

2. Interesting Facts
•Ramsay believed xenon was only available in the
atmosphere at about one part for every 20 million
•Xenon is found in Mars' atmosphere at about 0.08 parts
per million
•Jupiter has an exceptionally high amount of xenon,
almost three times that of the Sun
•Several of xenon's unstable isotopes are produced from
the fission of uranium and plutonium, and therefore
result from a nuclear explosion
•Due to electrical excitement, xenon is used in high-
powered lamps and flash lamps such as photography
strobe lights

3. Special Characteristics
Physical Properties:
Melting Point: -111.8°C
Boiling Point: -108.1°C
Phase at Room Temperature: Gas
Color: Colorless
Odor: Odorless

4. •It is found at the state of GAS in its pure
form
•Chemical Compounds
-Halides( XeF2, XeF4, and XeF6)
-Oxides(XeO3)
•Method in Purifying: Cryogenic Centrifugal
Pump
•Uses: Photographic Flashes, High
Pressured Arc Lamps and Radiation
Detection

5. Economic Impact
•If there is no Xenon, how would we be
able to use photographic flashes
•It is also used to make light in lamps
•It is also an ingredient in producing
images

6. Economic Impact
•If there is no Xenon, how would we be
able to use photographic flashes
•It is also used to make light in lamps
•It is also an ingredient in producing
images