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Xenon difluoride
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<p>Xenon difluoride is a powerful <a href="/facts/Fluorinating_agent/vYrGVWcJ">fluorinating agent</a> with the chemical formula XeF2, and one of the most stable <a href="/facts/Xenon_compounds/vkIWeVeF">xenon compounds</a>. Like most <a href="/facts/Covalent_bond/EzMLf3Pz">covalent</a> inorganic <a href="/facts/Fluoride/LpqNMzwa">fluorides</a>, it is moisture-sensitive. It gradually <a href="/facts/Chemical_decomposition/4X3oxvhb">decomposes</a> on contact with <a href="/facts/Water_vapor/DX5IUFG0">water vapor</a>, but is otherwise stable in storage. Xenon difluoride is a dense, colourless <a href="/facts/Crystal/e2R2mk3E">crystalline</a> solid. </p><p>It has a nauseating odour and low <a href="/facts/Vapor_pressure/whrEr96T">vapor pressure</a>. </p>