Xenon - Periodic Table of Videos
- Episode aired Aug 11, 2008
- 6m
Xenon is produced as a by-product of the purification of oxygen and nitrogen from air. In a landmark reaction in 1962 Neil Bartlett produced xenon platinum hexafluoride. Prior to his experim... Read allXenon is produced as a by-product of the purification of oxygen and nitrogen from air. In a landmark reaction in 1962 Neil Bartlett produced xenon platinum hexafluoride. Prior to his experiment the noble (inert) gases which include Xenon were though to be totally nonreactive.Xenon is produced as a by-product of the purification of oxygen and nitrogen from air. In a landmark reaction in 1962 Neil Bartlett produced xenon platinum hexafluoride. Prior to his experiment the noble (inert) gases which include Xenon were though to be totally nonreactive.