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Im guessing it's the only one that's gaseous at room temperature and pressure? Edit: Never mind, all the nobel gasses.
by rocqua 8y ago
Im guessing it's the only one that's gaseous at room temperature and pressure?
Edit: Never mind, all the nobel gasses.
- dogma1138 8y agoIt’s not all the Nobel gases, elemental Xenon is Xe2, so are the rest I think they are also not that Nobel anymore everyone of them besides helium was found to form compounds. Edit: apparently even helium can form compounds it’s just freaking hard to force it to play nice with others - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_gas_compound https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_gas_compound
- saagarjha 8y agoXenon is usually found in atomic form. Xenon dimers are not generally found naturally.
- Stratoscope 8y agoAt the risk of sounding fussy, and hopefully just to inform, these are called "noble gases", and it isn't capitalized (except of course at the beginning of a sentence). No connection with the Nobel Prize or anything else with that name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_gas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_gas
- kenneth 8y agoNoble, like nobility, not Nobel, like the Swedish chemist.
- analog31 8y agoRight. "Noble" is also used for the noble metals -- gold, platinum, etc., which are relatively non-reactive.
- andrewflnr 8y agoHuh. I would not have guessed Xenon formed dimers at all, but I'm still skeptical that's its usual elemental form...
- warrenm 8y agonit-pick ... Noble Gas, not "Nobel Gas"