Under the normal conditions, noble gases are monoatomic and have closed shell electronic configuration. Lighter noble gases have low boiling points due to weak dispersion forces between the atoms and the absence of other interatomic interactions. Xenon, one of the important noble gas, forms a series of compounds with fluorine with oxidation number +2, +4 and +6. All xenon fluorides are strong oxidising agents. `XeF_4` reacts violently with water to give `XeO_3` The geometry of xenon compounds can be deduced by considering the total number of electron pairs in their valence shell.
Among noble gases (from He to Xe) only xenon reacts with fluorine to form stable xenon fluorides because xenon

Options

A. has the largest size
B. has the lowest ionisation enthalpv
C. has the highest heat of vapourisation
D. is the most readily available noble gas.

Answer

B

Explanation

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