Talk:Xenon
Latest comment: 2 months ago by DMacks in topic Proposed merge of Xenonium into Xenon
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Xenon and dopping
editThe 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.[1] [2][3][4]
References
edit- ↑ "Breathe it in". the Economist. Feb 8th 2014.
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Anaesthetic properties of isotopes
editIn New Scientist of 2025-01-04, Hartmut Neven says in an interview that different isotopes have different anaesthetic properties, I saw nothing about this in either section here. Should we say something (properly sourced) about this? PJTraill (talk) 12:21, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
Denser solid floats?!
editThe image caption says "A layer of solid xenon floating on top of liquid xenon inside a high voltage apparatus (the solid is more dense than the liquid)"
Surely it's not actually floating, but mechanically suspended from its shape in the vessel, or something? SleekWeasel (talk) 08:37, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
- I agree that the caption is puzzling. Maybe @Solypewo knows what the issue is? In the meantime I'll remove the image. Johnjbarton (talk) 16:33, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
- Agreed that the caption was confusing as the denser solid xenon is indeed not floating but instead building on the electrode. I added the image back and edited the caption to say "A layer of solid xenon building inside a high voltage apparatus. The layer of solid xenon (white color) is surrounded by liquid xenon (transparent)." Solypewo (talk) 20:45, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
as per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xenonium Star Mississippi 04:09, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
- Support I think the deletion discussion is consensus to proceed. Johnjbarton (talk) 16:05, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose. This is the wrong merge target. If we include the nom (which we should!), the discussion at the AfD page is 2:1 in favor of merging xenonium to xenon compounds over xenon. Xenonium is obscure and would be preferable to cover in only the more specialized article. Digging deeper, even though Xenon compound was WP:SPLIT from Xenon#Compounds in 19:22, 12 January 2024 (split discussion), the parent section hasn't been trimmed significantly, a potential source of confusion. But we can at least avoid cramming even more unwanted information into it now. Preimage (talk) 00:20, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
- Also fine, just do it. Johnjbarton (talk) 01:11, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
Merge completed Klbrain (talk) 14:43, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Klbrain:, in this diff:
− {{chem|XeF|2}} also forms [[complex (chemistry)|coordination complexes]] with transition metal ions. More than 30 such complexes have been synthesized and characterized.<ref name="tramsek" />+ {{chem|XeF|2}} also forms [[complex (chemistry)|coordination complexes]] with transition metal ions. More than 30 such complexes have been synthesized and characterized.<ref name="tramsek" /> These include fluoroxenonium pentafluoroplatinate (XeFPtF<sub>5</sub>), more commonly known as [[xenon hexafluoroplatinate]].<ref>Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, E. "Inorganic Chemistry" Academic Press: San Diego, 2001. {{ISBN|0-12-352651-5}}.</ref>
- the logic is confusing. How is XeFPtF5 a complex of XeF
2? DMacks (talk) 15:54, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Klbrain:, in this diff:
- Also fine, just do it. Johnjbarton (talk) 01:11, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
- My error; I've fixed it (moving content up in the section); please feel free to edit boldly if you think that it's still not right. The structure of Xenon hexafluoroplatinate seems contentious still. Klbrain (talk) 16:16, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks...yes, refs do indicate its structure is not established. I didn't want to edit while you were possibly still doing merge-cleanup. Looks reasonable now. DMacks (talk) 01:55, 6 April 2026 (UTC)