Xenon

Name:
Xenon
Detailed information:

M Formula:	Xe
Properties:
Colorless, odorless gas or liquid. Gas (at STP) has d 5.8971 g/L (air = 1.29 g/L), dielectric constant 1.0012 (25C) (1 atm); liquid has bp −108.12C (1 mm Hg), d (at bp) of 1.987 g/cc; liquefaction temp −106.9C. Chemically unreactive but not completely inert. Noncombustible.
Derivation:
Fractional distillation of liquid air.
Use:
Luminescent tubes, flash lamps in photography, fluorimetry, lasers, tracer studies, anesthesia.

See Noble Gas; Xenon Compounds.