Skip to main content
Like
Create new Glog
previous
next
Email share
26 views | 0 likes | 0 reposts
The Inert(Noble) Gases
Here You See The Inert Gases. From Left To Right: Helium, Neon, Argon Krypton, Xenon
To The Left, We See What Is Known As The Periodic Table Of Elements. >>
Radon, The Family, And Neon
And This Picture May Look Off Topic But Think Again! It's Made Of Inert Gases!!
Up next , with 10 as its atomic number, Ne as its chemical symbol, and (although rare on earth) a common element in the universe, is Neon. Discovered in 1898 by British chemists, Sir William Ramsay and Morris W. Travers, neon meant ''new one'' in Greek. Neon is the second-lightest noble gas after helium and exhibits a reddish-orange glow. Neon is used in signs, vacuum tubes, high-voltage indicators, lightning arrestors, wave meter tubes, television tubes, and helium-neon lasers.
Finally, we go into depth with the element family known as the Inert (Noble) Gases. These gases are mainly inert, or non-reactive. Under standard conditions, Inert Gases are all odorless, colorless- monatomic gases. Neon, argon, krypton, and xenon are obtained from air using the methods of liquefaction of gases and fractional distillation. The words ''noble gases'' are translated from the German noun Edelgas. In 1784, an English chemist and physicist named Henry Cavendish had discovered that the air contained supstances less reactive then nitrogen, but the first noble gas wasn't discovered until August 18, 1868 by Pierre Janssen and Joseph Norman Lockyer. This first discovered element was named Helium. Inert Gases are used mainly for lighting, glass panes, and low temperature refrigeration.
Radon is radioactive, colorless, oderless, and tasteless element that naturally occurs as a decay product of Uranium. Radon is an extreme health hazard due to its radioactivity. Radon can affect indoor air quality and is the second cause for lung cancer. Radon was the fifth radioactive element found. It was discovered by Friedrich Ernst Dorn in 1900 which has a chemical symbol of Rn. It doesn't have much uses now but, even though widely discontinued, has a few therapeutic uses such as to treat some forms of cancer and for earthquake prediction
