Xenon
/ˈzɛnɒn/
Xenon is a colorless, dense noble gas used in lighting, medical applications, and scientific research.
Examples
- The lamp is filled with xenon to produce a bright white light.
- Doctors sometimes use xenon as an anesthetic in medical procedures.
- Scientists isolated xenon from the atmosphere through fractional distillation.
- The headlights use xenon gas to improve visibility at night.
- Ramsay and Travers discovered xenon during their experiments with liquefied air.
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