Question

What is the element with symbol Xe?

Answer 1

Hint: The elements in the periodic table are going to be represented with their short form called chemical symbols. With the help of the chemical symbols there is no need to write the total name of the element in the chemical reaction.

Complete answer:
- In the question it is asked what the element with symbol Xe is.
- In the periodic table the chemical symbol Xe is located in group VIII A in inert gas series.
- The element with symbol Xe is called Xenon.
- It is located after Krypton and before radon the inert gas group which it does not react with other elements easily.
- The atomic number of Xenon elements is 54.
- Group VIII A elements are also called noble gases.
- Xenon is the gas very rarely available in the earth’s atmosphere.
- The term xenon comes from Greek word.
- The word Xeno means foreign or strange.
- Xenon is the fifth element of the noble gases.
- Xenon is a gas with low volatile nature.

Note:
Xenon can be prepared by the fractional distillation of the liquid air. Lamps which are made up of xenon are going to be used to accelerate the ruby lasers. Later the discovery of xenon it is found that xenon is going to exist in different forms also like with other elements. Almost the xenon compounds contain elements of high electronegativity like oxygen and fluorine.