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What
the name means:
The word xenon come from the Greek word
xenos, meaning “strange”.
Who
identified
xenon? Xenon was
first identified by Sir William Ramsay and
his assistant, Morris William Travers, in
1898, shortly after they had identified
neon and krypton. The two British
scientists had made modifications to their
machine that made liquid air. When trying
to purify a sample of krypton they
identified a new gas that gave a vivid blue
line in its spectrum. The scientists were a
little surprised by their discovery. They
called this third noble gas xenon after the
Greek word for “stranger”.
About
xenon: Xenon is
present in the atmosphere in very small
amounts. Like other noble gases it exists
as single atoms of the element. It is used
to provide short bursts of intense light
flashes e.g. in stroboscopes and
photography flashes. |
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