by whom was it discovered?
William Ramsay, Morris Travers
Xenon
Xenon was discovered in England by the Scottish chemist William Ramsay and English chemist Morris Travers in September 1898, shortly after their discovery of the elements krypton and neon.
why does xenon have a high boiling point UNANSWERABLE what kind of a substance is it? It is a colorless, dense, odorless noble gas found in Earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
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Xenon [SEP] History
Xenon was discovered in England by the Scottish chemist William Ramsay and English chemist Morris Travers in September 1898, shortly after their discovery of the elements krypton and neon. They found xenon in the residue left over from evaporating components of liquid air. Ramsay suggested the name "xenon" for this gas from the Greek word ξένον "xénon", neuter singular form of ξένος "xénos", meaning 'foreign(er)', 'strange(r)', or 'guest'. In 1902, Ramsay estimated the proportion of xenon in the Earth's atmosphere to be one part in 20 million. During the 1930s, American engineer Harold Edgerton began exploring strobe light technology for high speed photography.