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Look up: Xenon

  1. Xenon
    Xenon is a rare, inert gaseous element. It's symbol is Xe.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Xenon
    One of the inert gases that can be found in the air in minute quantities. The others are Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton and Radon, and are called inert gases or noble gases because of their chemical inactivity.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise

  3. xenon
    [n] - a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth`s atmosphere in trace amounts
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Xenon
    Xenon is one of the rare gases formed as a result of radioactive decay of uranium fission fragments. It is colourless and inert, used to fill cathode ray tubes. Symbol Xe
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  5. xenon
    a heavy, colorless, chemically inactive, monatomic gaseous element used for filling radio, television, and luminescent tubes. Symbol: Xe, at. wt.: 131.30, at. no.: 54.
    Found on http://www.allchemicals.info/index/actio

  6. xenon
    Xe. Element 54, a colorless, inert gas used to fill cathode ray tubes.
    Found on http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese

  7. xenon
    chemical element: atomic number 54 Category: Chemistry • a very heavy,inert gas used in specialized electric lamps,present in air at about 0.05 parts per million.Chemical symbol Xe Category: Chemistry
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Xenon
    A heavy gas used in specialized electric lamps.
    Found on http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/glossary

  9. Xenon
    is a rare gas sometimes used with electronic flash tubes and enclosed arc light sources.
    Found on http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%

  10. Xenon
    Xen'on noun [ Greek ..., neut. of ... strange.] (Chemistry) A very heavy, inert gaseous element occurring in the atmosphere in the proportion of one volume is about 20 millions. It was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1898. It can be condensed to a liquid boiling at -109° C., and to a solid which volatilizes without melting. Symbol Xe or X ; atomic weight 130.2.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/X/2

  11. xenon
    <chemical> A noble gas with the atomic symbol xe, atomic number 54, and atomic weight 131.30. It is found in the earth's atmosphere and has been used as an anaesthetic. ... Pharmacological action: anaesthetics, inhalation. ... Chemical name: Xenon ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. xenon
    Xe noun a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth`s atmosphere in trace amounts
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. Xenon
    `Xenon` ( in the UK, in the US) is a chemical element that has the symbol `Xe` and atomic number 54. A colorless, heavy, odorless noble gas, xenon occurs in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts. Although generally unreactive, xenon can undergo a few chemical reactions such as the formation of xenon hexafluoroplatinate, the first noble gas compound to be synthesized. Naturally occurring xenon is made of nine stable isotopes, but there are also...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon

  14. xenon
    (Xe) (ze´non) a chemical element, atomic number 54, atomic weight 131.30. The radioactive isotope 133Xe is used in assessment of pulmonary function, lung imaging, and cerebral blood flow studies. xenon-133 a radioisotope of xenon having a half-life of 5.3 days and a...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  15. Xenon
    • (n.) A very heavy, inert gaseous element occurring in the atmosphere in the proportion of one volume is about 20 millions. It was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1898. It can be condensed to a liquid boiling at -109
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. xenon
    chemical element, heavy and extremely rare gas of Group 0 (noble gases) of the periodic table. It was the first noble gas found to form true chemical ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/x/1

  17. Xenon
    Xenon is a Greek boy name. The meaning of the name is `Stranger` Where is it used? The name Xenon is mainly used In Ancient Greek.For the opposite sex use: In Greek: Xene (F) The name Xenon doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Xenon seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Xeno

  18. xenon
    A gaseous element, atomic no. 54, atomic wt. 131.29; present in minute proportion (0.087 ppm) in the dry atmosphere; produces general anesthesia in concentrations of 70 vol.%. [G. xenos, a stranger]
    Found on

  19. Xenon
    A high intensity light, with a polished parabolic reflector. (Lighting)
    Found on http://www.filmland.com/glossary/Diction

  20. Xenon
    A very bright, daylight balanced projection lamp, or a projector with a xenon lamp. A xenon lamp is not interchangeable with a tungsten lamp or arch lamp, but requires a different lamp housing on the projector. Because xenon lamps are daylight balanced it is sometimes advisable with color film to have the lab make a print that is balanced for xenon...
    Found on What to say when you are done shooting,

  21. xenon
    (Xe) A xenon atom. Notice that the outer electron shell has 8 electrons and is therefore full. This makes xenon extremely unreactive. Credit: The Open Door Website Xenon is normally a colorless gas, but it emits a blue glow when excited by an electrical discharge. C...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  22. xenon
    xenon (zē'non) [Gr.,=strange], gaseous chemical element; symbol Xe; at. no. 54; at. wt. 131.29; m.p. -111.9°C; b.p. -107.1°C; density 5.86 grams per liter at STP; valence usually 0. Xenon is a rare, colorless, odorless, tasteless, chemically unreactive gas. It is one of the inert g...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08528


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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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