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Noble gases
chemical elements by classification on the periodic table
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2 He | Helium |
| Helium is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and odorless, and it's boiling point is what? | -452.1 F (the lowest of all chemical elements) |
| Who discovered Helium? | Jules Janssen and Norman Lockyear |
| The name Helium is derived from what language? | Greek, named for Helios, Greek titan of the sun. |
| 10 Ne | Neon |
| Who discovered Neon? | William Ramsey and Morris Travers (1898) |
| What is Neon's boiling point? | -410.9 F |
| Neon has over 40 times the refrigeration capacity of what liquid element? | Helium |
| Neon also has 3 times the refrigeration capacity of what element? | Liquid Hydrogen |
| Neon's name is greek for what? | Neos, meaning new |
| 18 Ar | Argon |
| Who discovered Argon? | Sir William Ramsay (1894) |
| How is Argon obtained? | air |
| What is Argon's boiling point? | Xe |
| Argon is the 3rd most abundant gas in the atmosphere and comprises what percentage of Earth's crust? | .00015% |
| Argon's name is derived from Greek for what? | Argon means inactive in Greek |
| 36 Kr | Krypton |
| Krypton is named for the Greek for what? | Kryptos, meaning hidden |
| Who discovered Krypton? | Sir William Ramsay in 1898 |
| What is Krypton's boiling point? | -244.12 F |
| Krypton is radioactive and it has a half-life of how many years? | 10.76 years |
| How is Krypton produced? | The fission of Uranium and Plutonium in nuclear reactions. |
| 54 Xe | Xenon |
| Xenon is from the greek meaning what? | Stranger |
| Who discovered Xenon? | Sir William Ramsay in 1898 |
| What is Xenon's boiling point? | -162.58 F |
| What is Xenon used for? | Flash lamps, arc lamps, and a general anaesthetic |
| Solid xenon has a higher density than what? | Granite |
| 86 Rn | Radon |
| Radon's name is from what? | Radium |
| Who discovered Radon? | Sir William Ramsay and Robert Owens, but some claim that Fredrich Dorn discovered it in 1898 |
| Breathing radon in is what? | Toxic |
| Radon's boiling point is what? | -79.24 F |
| How is radon produced? | radioactive decay of Radium -226 |
| 118 Og | Oganessen |
| Who was Oganessen named after? | Nuclear physicist Yuri Oganessian |
| When was Oganessen first recognized? | 2015, as a synthetic element |
| Oganessen is one of how many elements named after a living person at the time of naming? | Two |
| Oganessen was thought to be a gas, but may actually be what state of matter? | Solid |
| Oganessen is radioactive, very unstable, and what? | May be significantly reactive. |
| What is Oganessen's boiling point? | unknown at this time |
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