Noble Gases

List Of Noble Gases

• Neon
• Helium
• Argon
• Krypton
• Xenon
• Radon

Facts about noble gases

• As the name suggests every member of this group is a gas at room temperature.
• All elements in this group have full outer shells.
• Most elements in this group are both colorless and odorless.

Where To Find Noble Gases

• Helium can be found in pressurized tanks and balloons.
• Neon is used in lighting for advertisement signs.
• Xenon is used in strobe lights for decoration.

Neon

Neon has a red-orange glow inside of a vacuum discharge tube. Otherwise it has no observable features.

Neon's Characteristics

• Neon's atomic number is ten on the periodic table.
• Its atomic mass is 20.180.
• Neon is a nonmetal.
• Neon's density is .9002 g/L

Where You Can Find Neon

• In Neon advertisement signs.
• In wave meter tubes.
• In lab cryogenic freezers.

Interesting Facts About Neon

• Used most famously in neon advertisement signs.
• Used alongside Helium for the making of gas lasers.
• Originally bright red-orange but the color can be altered for all the famous neon colors like pink, blue and green.

History Of Neon

• Discovered by Sir William Ramsey and Morris W. Travers in 1898.
• The name comes from the Greek word for new, neos.
• First discovered through liquid air experiments.