Xenon
[CAS# 7440-63-3]

Identification

• Classification: API >> Special medicine >> Radioisotope
• Name: Xenon
• Synonyms: Xenon atom
• Molecular Formula: Xe
• Molecular Weight: 131.29
• CAS Registry Number: 7440-63-3
• EC Number: 231-172-7

Properties

• Density: >9.5 g/cm^3*
• Melting point: -1.40 ºC^**
• Refractive index: 1.69 (-103 ºC)^***

^* Makarenko, I.; Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 1982, V26(12), P7113-15.

^** Ramsay, W.; Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie, Stoechiometrie und Verwandtschaftslehre 1903, V44, P74.

^*** Solovov, V. N.; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Preprint Archive, Physics 2003, P1-28, arXiv:physics/0307044.

Safety Data

Hazard Classification

Hazard	Class	Category Code	Hazard Statement
Gases under pressure (compressed)	Press. Gas (Comp.)		H280
Gases under pressure (liquid)	Press. Gas (Liq.)		H281
Gases under pressure (liquid)	Press. Gas (Liq.)		H280

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