JEE Main Chemistry question

The formation of is the basis for the formation of xenon fluorides. This is because [Jamia Millia Islamia 2008]

(A) and have comparable sizes
(B)Both and are gases
(C) and have comparable ionisation energiesCorrect
(D)Both (A) and (C)

Answer: (C)

Solution

Bartlett's discovery of showed that could oxidise a species with an ionisation energy close to that of (1175 kJ/mol); noting that xenon's first ionisation energy (1170 kJ/mol) is almost identical, he reasoned

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