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zen-on? zee-non? I've always used the former but suspect it's the latter. Thoughts? 2.98.216.91 (talk) 18:15, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Both are fine. Double sharp (talk) 05:07, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

¹²⁴Xe decay has been observed. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 19:42, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have changed the infobox OS to read:

0, +2, +4, +6, +8 (rarely more than 0; a weakly acidic oxide)

from:

0, +1, +2, +4, +6, +8 (rarely non-0, a weakly acidic oxide)

It now aligns with {{List of OS (datacheck)}}. See also navbox {{Xenon compounds}}, and Category:Xenon compounds (13).

It is unclear why Xe(0) would be the (only) main OS, bolded. Xe(II) "... is always used as a precursor to other organoxenon compounds". Xe(IV) is also an Organoxenon.

The List of OS table has this source for Xe(II): "Xe(I) has been reported in xenon hexafluoroplatinate and xenon hexafluororhodate (see Pauling, Linus (1988). General Chemistry (3rd ed.). Dover Publications, Inc. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-486-65622-9.), however these compounds were later found to contain Xe(II)."

Or are there other grounds to classify as "main"? -DePiep (talk) 10:35, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Because 0 is the most stable oxidation state and the one you will usually find Xe in, i.e. as the free element. The table in List of oxidation states of the elements for obvious reasons only shows 0 when it occurs in a compound (as otherwise every element would have 0). Double sharp (talk) 13:37, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]