Talk:Xenon

Xenon and dopping
The inhalation of xenon induces the Hypoxia-inducible factor 1, alpha subunit and down stream activates the production of erythropoietin. This method is used as a general method to improve the abilities of athletes.

Pronunciation is...
zen-on? zee-non? I've always used the former but suspect it's the latter. Thoughts? 2.98.216.91 (talk) 18:15, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Both are fine. Double sharp (talk) 05:07, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Xeon 124 dexay
124Xe decay has been observed. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 19:42, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Oxidation states
I have changed the infobox OS to read:
 * from:
 * 0, +1, +2, +4, +6, +8 (rarely non-0, a weakly acidic oxide)
 * 0, +1, +2, +4, +6, +8 (rarely non-0, a weakly acidic oxide)

It now aligns with. See also navbox Xenon compounds, and.


 * It is unclear why Xe(0) would be the (only) main OS, bolded. Xe(II) "... is always used as a precursor to other organoxenon compounds". Xe(IV) is also an Organoxenon.
 * The List of OS table has this source for Xe(II): "Xe(I) has been reported in xenon hexafluoroplatinate and xenon hexafluororhodate (see ), however these compounds were later found to contain Xe(II)."
 * Or are there other grounds to classify as "main"? -DePiep (talk) 10:35, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Because 0 is the most stable oxidation state and the one you will usually find Xe in, i.e. as the free element. The table in List of oxidation states of the elements for obvious reasons only shows 0 when it occurs in a compound (as otherwise every element would have 0). Double sharp (talk) 13:37, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Splitting proposal
I propose that the compounds section be split into Xenon compounds - the section is rather long, and it conforms with the other compounds articles. Thanks,  141 Pr  {contribs} 20:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Sounds good to me. Ideally, you’ll leave a paragraph-length summary and hat note here. YBG (talk) 01:16, 3 January 2024 (UTC)