Noble gases were considered inert before 1962. Prior to this, Bartlett and Lohmann had previously used the highly ionization energy of O_(2) is 1165 " kJ mol"^(-1), which isalmost the same as the value of IE_(1) for Xe (1170 " kJ mol"^(-1)) . Experiments showed that when deep red PtE_(6) vapours were mixed with an equal volume of Xe, the gases combined immediately at room temperature to produce a yellow solid. Soon after this, it was found that Xe and F react directly to give Xe-fluorides. Choose the correct answer : The hybridisation state of Xe in XeOF_(4) is :

Noble gases were considered inert before 1962. Prior to this, Bartlett

1.	Noble gases were considered inert before 1962. Prior to this, Bartlett and Lohmann had previously used the highly ionization energy of O_(2) is 1165 " kJ mol"^(-1), which isalmost the same as the value of IE_(1) for Xe (1170 " kJ mol"^(-1)) . Experiments showed that when deep red PtE_(6) vapours were mixed with an equal volume of Xe, the gases combined immediately at room temperature to produce a yellow solid. Soon after this, it was found that Xe and F react directly to give Xe-fluorides. Choose the correct answer : The hybridisation state of Xe in XeOF_(4) is :
Answer» `sp^(3)` `sp^(3)d` `DSP^(2)` `sp^(3) d^(2)` SOLUTION :Xe atom in `XeOF_(4) " is " sp^(3)d^(2)` hybridised.