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I need help with Chemistry

So I need help with some Chemistry facts.
Element: Xenon, a Noble Gas
1) HOW does the element react?
2) How Reactive is the element?
3) What type of bond is formed?
4) Does it gain or lose electrons when it becomes an ion?
5) What Happens to its atomic radius?
6) What is its ionization energy?

Thanks in advance.

January 9, 2013

8 Comments • Newest first

necron1636

[quote=MarshMallows]Ionization energy is the energy required to remove the outermost electron from a gaseous atom.
So the 1, 2 and 3 means the energy required to remove the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd outermost electrons.[/quote]

Thank you that makes more sense now!

Reply January 9, 2013
NonSonoFronz

[quote=necron1636]I dont understand the "1st.... 2nd:... 3rd:..." stuff for ionization energy.[/quote]

1st, 2nd, and 3rd ionization energies.

Reply January 9, 2013
MarshMallows

[quote=necron1636]I dont understand the "1st.... 2nd:... 3rd:..." stuff for ionization energy.[/quote]

Ionization energy is the energy required to remove the outermost electron from a gaseous atom.
So the 1, 2 and 3 means the energy required to remove the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd outermost electrons.

Reply January 9, 2013
necron1636

[quote=taimega2007]1) Not sure what you're looking for here. Xenon compounds are formed via high energy reactions so generally high temperature.
2) Extremely unreactive.
3) Depends, xenon can form both ionic and covalent bonds.
4) It loses elections.
5) Atomic radii go down when you lose elections
6) 1st: 1170.4 kJ·mol^��'1, 2nd: 2046.4 kJ·mol^��'1, 3rd: 3099.4 kJ·mol^��'1[/quote]

I dont understand the "1st.... 2nd:... 3rd:..." stuff for ionization energy.

Reply January 9, 2013
MarshMallows

Xenon only reacts under high pressure and temperature. It's probably most commonly bonded with florine XeF6 creating an octahedral with 6 single sigma bonds. It's not reactive at all being a noble gas, so the ionization energy is probably really high - higher than all the other groups. I've never read about Xenon creating ionic bonds, but a simple google search will help.

Reply January 9, 2013 - edited
NonSonoFronz

1. It doesn't
2. It isn't
3. None, it doesn't form bonds naturally
4. It doesn't become an ion
5. Nothing
6. Something outrageously high

How the hell do you not know this? This babby's first learning what a noble gas is.

Reply January 9, 2013 - edited
LlamaBanana

Xenon is a class in MapleStory.

Reply January 9, 2013 - edited