Xe	Z =  54	◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊	Xenon
			From the Greek "xenos", meaning "foreign"
(AM) Atomic Mass	131.29  amu	♦	Oxidation States	+2, +4, +6
(BP) Boiling Point	-107  °C	♦	(MP) Melting Point	-112  °C
(ρ) Density	0.005887  g/cm3	♦	Crystal Structure	Face Centered Cubic
( χ ) Electronegativity	n/a	♦	(AR) Atomic Radius	1.3  Å
Physical State	Gas	♦	(C) Heat Capacity	0.158  J/g °C
Electronic-Config	[Kr]  4d10  5s2  5p6	♦	(I1) First Ionization E	1170.36  kJ/mol
(ΔHvap) Heat of Vaporization	12.64  kJ/mol	♦	(ΔHfus) Heat of Fusion	2.27  kJ/mol
Year of Discovery	1898	♦	Location of Discovery	United Kingdom
(E°) Standard Potential	[HXeO6]3- + 5 H2O⇔ Xe + 11 OH- (1.180 V)
Stable isotopes	124Xe,  126Xe,  128Xe,  129Xe,  130Xe,  131Xe,  132Xe,  134Xe,  136Xe
Discovered/Synthesized by	Sir William Ramsay, Morris M. Travers
Natural Source	Isolated from the liquifaction of air
Common Uses	Lamps, headlights, stadium lamps, projectors, strobes, lasers, spacecraft ion engines
Other Info	First noble gas to be shown to form chemical bonds
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