If Xe is an inert gas, then how are there compounds like XeF4 or XeF6 or such.

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Xenon is a noble gas and its reactivity is low. It can react only with the oxygen and fluorine atom . This is because of the following facts.
1) The first ionization energy of these atoms are nearly same.
2) The molecular diameter of the oxygen and fluorine is same as the atomic diameter of xenon.

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