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Periodic Properties of the Elements
Noble Gases: Sources, Uses, and Reactions
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Noble gases are the group 18 elements helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon. They were called “noble” because they were once thought to be nonreactive. That idea changed in 1962, when Dr. Neil Bartlett at the University of British Columbia showed that this assumption was not fully correct.
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The nonmetallic elements categorized under group 18 – helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon – are called noble gases. These elements occur as monatomic species and exist as gases under room-temperature. Radon is the only radioactive element from group 18.
Moving down the group, the elements exhibit an increase ...
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