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noble gas

noun

Chemistry.
  1. any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of group 8A or 0 of the periodic table: helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon.


noble gas

noun

  1. another name for inert gas
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noble gas

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  1. Any of the six gases helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon. Because the outermost electron shell of atoms of these gases is full, they do not react chemically with other substances except under certain special conditions.
  2. Also called inert gas
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Origin of noble gas1

First recorded in 1900–05
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"It suggests that melting, despite its complexities, exhibits a fundamental unity across diverse systems, from noble gases to metals."

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That glass, once cooled, then is filled with neon, the inert noble gas that gave the 1950s and the 1990s their distinctive looks.

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They also found that the ratio isotopes for a different noble gas, neon, matches the conditions believed to have existed on Earth when the planet was formed millions of years ago.

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The noble gas neon was first isolated by British chemists at the turn of the 20th century.

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Ukraine was one of the world's largest suppliers of noble gases until it suspended production at its plants in the cities of Mariupol and Odesa in March.

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