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Xenon Gas
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Chemical Reactivity and Compound Formation
While its valence shell is nominally full, Xenon readily forms compounds under energetic conditions or when paired with exceptionally aggressive oxidizers. The discovery of xenon hexafluoroplatinate ($\text{XePtF}_6$) by Neil Bartlett in 1962 marked the definitive end of the belief in noble gas inertness.
Xenon compounds are generally characterized…