Chapter 5, Problem 70E

Xenon and fluorine will react to form binary compoundswhen a mixture of these two gases is heated to400°C in a nickel reaction vessel. A 100.0-mL nickelcontainer is filled with xenon and fluorine giving partialpressures of 1.24 atm and 10.10 atm, respectively, at atemperature of 25°C. The reaction vessel is heated to400°C to cause a reaction to occur and then cooled to a temperature at which ${\text{F}}_{\text{2}}$ is a gas and the xenon fluorideis a nonvolatile solid. The remaining F2 gas is transferredto another 100.0-mL nickel container where the pressureof ${\text{F}}_{\text{2}}$ at 25°C is 7.62 atm. Assuming all of the xenonhas reacted, what is the formula of the product?