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 ...

Like all noble gases, xenon is colourless, odourless and inflammable — but it is also more reactive, and much rarer, than its lighter relatives. Ivan Dmochowski ponders how xenon, though ...