The atomic-number way to identify xenon, a heavy noble gas known for its blue discharge glow and specialist uses in lighting, imaging, chemistry, and spacecraft propulsion.
The phrase combines element with the periodic-table number 54. The element named by that number is xenon, named in 1898 by William Ramsay and Morris Travers from Greek xenos, meaning stranger or foreigner.
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