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Q113 (IAS/2008) Science & Technology › Basic Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) › Periodic table elements Answer Verified

Which one of the following is also called Stranger Gas?

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The element xenon gets its name from the Ancient Greek word ksenos (xenos), meaning “strange,” “foreign” or “stranger.” William Ramsay proposed the name xenon for this rare, previously unidentified noble gas, effectively calling it “the stranger” when he and Travers isolated it in 1898; historical accounts of the naming explicitly record Ramsay’s choice and the etymology linking xenon to “stranger” [1]. Because of this etymology and naming history, xenon is commonly referred to as the “stranger gas.”

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  1. [1] https://cen.acs.org/articles/82/i44/NOBLE-GAS-DISCOVERY-GARNERED-1904.html
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