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xenon

chemical element with atomic number of 54 and heaviest stable noble gas
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Summary

xenon is a chemical element[1]. xenon ranks in the top 6% of chemical element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,417 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: William Ramsay[3], Morris Travers[4]
  • Instance of: gas[5], atmophile element[6]
  • Named after: stranger[7]
  • Location of discovery: University College London[8]
  • Canonical SMILES: [Xe][9]
  • Element symbol: Xe[10]
  • Chemical formula: Xe[11]
  • Subclass of: period 5[12], noble gases[13], p-block[14]
  • Part of: period 5[15], noble gases[16]
  • Commons category: Xenon[17]
  • Unicode character: 氙[18]
  • Crystal system: face-centered cubic[19]
  • Time of discovery or invention: July 12, 1898[20]

Why It Matters

xenon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] xenon is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Morris Travers William Ramsay

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ P14938: 216 picometre, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P356]]"
  2. 13d ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'bcl', 'be', '
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+140'}
    P14938 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+216'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14937: 140 picometre, Add sourced P14937 element radius"
  3. 21d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 7540
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Zvg number: 7540, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P679]]"
  4. 23d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+4'} +2
    Zvg number → 7540
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Zvg number: 007540, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  5. 27d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈzɛnɒn, ˈziːnɒn
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+4'} +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Oxidation state: 0, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  6. 28d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈzɛnɒn, ˈziːnɒn
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Ipa transcription: ˈziːnɒn, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  7. 28d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q13955 (ara)-Spotless Mind1988-زينون.wav, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-xen, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-xen
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-xenon.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element/sy"
  8. 28d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → period 5, noble gases, p-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: p-block, add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  9. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → colorlessness, tastelessness, odorlessness +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has characteristic: diamagnetism, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  10. 6w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → period 5, noble gases, p-block
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Subclass of: noble gases, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269656|batch #269656]]"
  11. 7w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i114031
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078560
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  12. 8w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Melting point → {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+161.4'}
    Crystal system → face-centered cubic
    Thermal conductivity → {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+0.00569'}
    Space group → space group Fm-3m
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Cod id: 9012449, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  13. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 13qEAJ
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  14. 22w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → ksenon
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31836|batch #31836]]: Hrvatska enciklopedija"
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