Xenon is an inert gas in group VIII A of the periodic table with atomic number 54, an atomic weight of 131.3, and a density of 3.06 Mg/m 3. In the solid state it forms an fcc crystal with a melting ...

Ivan Dmochowski ponders how xenon, though initially slow to earn a spot in the periodic table, is now at the forefront of advances in science and technology. For all their nobility, elements of ...