Xenon [SEP] discoverer or inventor
most significant (and unwanted) neutron absorber in nuclear reactors.
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)'
XENON home page at the University of Zurich
- XENON home page at Rice University
- XENON home page at Brown University
- XENON home page at University of California, Los Angeles
- Dark matter limit plotter with the latest results from XENON and other experiments
- Enlightening the dark, CERN Courier, Sep 27, 2013