April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English

“I’m dense ’n’ rare, distilled from air; I’m dear (yet noble!) xenon,
’Twas probing my inertness that Neil Bartlett was so keen on.
With jolts from volts I flash so bright,
My sunbeds glow with soft blue light.
My XIPS help ships chart stellar trips, the best you’ve never been on!”
zee-non
THE FIFTH MEMBER OF THE GROUP 18 NOBLE GASES
Xenon (pronounced zee-non) is a colorless, odorless gas that sits beneath its fellow noble gases helium, neon, argon, and krypton on the periodic table, and it is about 4½ times denser than air. Obtained ...