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
[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!
[quote=necron1636]I dont understand the "1st.... 2nd:... 3rd:..." stuff for ionization energy.[/quote]
1st, 2nd, and 3rd ionization energies.
[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.
[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.
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.
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.
@LlamaBanana it is an element too.
Xenon is a class in MapleStory.