A noble gas reacts! Xenon meets Fluorine
Noble gases almost never react, but fluorine is strong enough to pull electrons from xenon, making white crystals of xenon difluoride.
The result
- What it makes
- Xenon difluoride
- Equation
- Xe + F₂ → XeF₂
- When it happens
- In sunlight or when heated
Fun fact from Fizzy: Until 1962, scientists thought noble gases could never make compounds!
🥽 Fluorine is extremely dangerous. Only a few expert labs ever use it.