Category
noble gas
State at Room Temperature
gas
Electron Configuration
1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶
Valence Electrons
8
Lewis Dot:••••••••
Electronegativity
3
Pauling scale
Oxidation States
0+2
Melting Point
115.78 K
-157.37°C
Boiling Point
119.93 K
-153.22°C
Density
0.003733
g/cm³
Position in Table
Group 18Period 4p-block
Discovery
Historical Information
Discovered byWilliam Ramsay, Morris Travers
Year1898
Common Uses
Applications & Industries
High-performance windows, lasers, flash photography, fluorescent lights
Related Elements
Same group or period
Related Calculators
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