Xenon is a rare, colorless, odorless, tasteless, chemically unreactive gas.
It is one of the inert gas elements found in group 0 of the periodic table . Since that time a number of other xenon compounds have been reported. It is obtained commercially from liquid air. It is used in numerous instruments for radiation detection, e.g., neutron and X-ray counters and bubble chambers. It has found some use in medicine, e.g., as an experimental anesthetic.