By Morgan Fouts Mikael Vanhoose McKenna Metsker History Research Discovered by Sir William Ramsay Scottish chemist and Morris M Travers English chemist They had been experimenting with liquid air at University College London ID: 445810
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Mole Day Project Element: Xenon
By: Morgan
Fouts
Mikael
Vanhoose
McKenna
MetskerSlide2
History Research
Discovered by Sir William Ramsay (Scottish chemist) and Morris M. Travers (English chemist)
They had been experimenting with liquid air at University College London
They had already extracted other elements from liquid air such as Neon and Argon, and were searching to see if there were any other gases included in the substance
That is how they discovered Xenon
Discovered on July 12, 1898
Xe
was believed to be inert (“chemically inactive”) until 1962 when Neil Bartlett found that
Xe
would create a compound with FluorineSlide3
History research
As of now, more than 100 Xenon compounds have been made
The name “Xenon” originates from the Greek word “
xenos
” meaning “stranger”
They had originally wanted to name this new element after the brilliant blue color it gave off in a vacuum tube, which had allowed them to identify it as a new element, but they found that any name with Greek or Latin roots indicating the color blue had already been used by organic chemists.Slide4
Science research
Symbol:
Xe
Atomic Number: 54
Atomic Weight: 131.293
Atomic Mass: 131.29
amu
Boiling Point: 163.03 K
Melting Point: 161.36 K
Is a nonmetal
Is a gas at room temperature
Heaviest of the noble gases
Not conductive
Not radioactive
Not flammable or corrosiveSlide5
Uses of Xenon
Xenon lamps are used to kill bacteria
When
Xe
is excited by electricity, it gives off a flash of white light which is why it is commonly used in strobe lights
Xe
is used to power ruby lasers
Xe
ions were used to power an ion engine used on the space probe Deep Space 1
Newer models of car headlights include
Xe
(headlights that give off a bluish light and are incredibly bright)
Xe
is used in electrostatic ion thrusters which are used to propel satellites into space
Used in photographic flashes, high pressure arc lamps for movies (projectors) and arc lamps for ultraviolet lightSlide6
Miscellaneous facts
The first solid state laser and first
excimer
laser relied on Xenon
Containers of Xenon may explode when heated
Xenon reacts with Fluorine to create
Tetra fluoride
It is colorless unless put in an electric field
electricitySlide7
Miscellaneous facts
Xe
is the least abundant of all of the noble gases
This causes it to be extremely expensive: a small balloon full would cost around $65
April 2010: a baby was born without a pulse and was not breathing
The baby was cooled and treated with
Xe
, which reduced the release of neurotransmitters, allowing brain damage to be avoided for the baby
Video on what happens when
Xe
is inhaled from a balloon instead of Helium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw8uJ_3yWU8
(Only watch from 1:17-2:30)Slide8
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