The Noble Gasses:

Noble Gas Elements:

• Helium
• Neon
• Argon
• Xenon
• Radon

3 Facts about the Noble Gasses:

• The Noble Gasses are generally chemically inert, meaning that they normally do not react with the other elements because they have their desired amount of 8 S and P Electrons.
• These gasses weren't discovered until the last 5 years of the 1800's because they are rare in nature.
• Nothing was known about Helium until it was discovered to exist on the Sun. The name Helium comes from the Greek word Helios, which means Sun.

Real world uses of the Noble Gasses:

• Helium is used to dilute Oxygen in deep-sea diver's tanks because it has low solubility in our blood.
• Neon is used in the tubing of glowing signs because when electricity passes through it, it glows bright red.
• Argon is used in arc welding and lightbulbs because it doesnt react with metals at high temeperatures.

Neon

The physical characteristics of Neon:

• A colorless Gas with a melting point of -249°C and a boiling point of 246°C.
• When electricity runs through it it glows red, when Argon is added there is a blue glow.
• Neon's standard state is a Gas at 298 K.

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• Neon's atomic number is 10.
• Neon has an atomic mass of 20.1797.
• Neon is a nonmetal.
• The density of Neon is 0.9002 g/L and it would float on water.

Real world uses of Neon:

• Neon is used in the infamous "neon signs" for advertising but only the red signs contain pure Neon.
• Neon is also used to make high-voltage indicators and switching gear, diving equipment, lasers, and lightning arresters.
• Liquid Neon is used as a cryogenic refrigerant and has 40 times more refigerating capacity per unit volume than liquid Helium.

Facts about Neon:

• neon is a very inert Gas and forms an unstable Hydrate.
• Neon makes up the atmosphere at 1 part in 65000.
• Liquid Neon has 40 times more refrigerating capacity than liquid Helium and more than 3 times that of liquid Helium.

Historical facts about Neon:

• Neon was discovered by Sir William Ramsay and Morris Travers in 1898, shortly after they had discovered Krypton.
• Both elements were discovered using a method of work with liquid air.