Noble Gases Research Paper

Noble Gas | Uses | Property | Argon | Light bulbs | Doesn’t react with the metal filament | Helium | Used with O2 for deep sea dives | Low solubility of helium in the blood. | Helium | To inflate the tyres of large aircraft | Non-flammable | Helium | To fill airships and weather balloons | Low density, does not burn | Neon | In advertising signs because it glows red when electricity passes | Conductor of electricity at high voltage | Krypton/Xenon | In lamps used in photographic flash units, in stroboscopic lamps used in lighthouses | Gives out a lot of light when electricity passes through |
The Zero group of the periodic table consists of six elements; helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe) and radon (Rn).
They belong to the right-hand column in the periodic table. The noble gases are all chemically unreactive which means they are inert.

The noble gases - Group 0
Common properties
The noble gases have the following properties in common: * they are non-metals * they are very unreactive gases * they are colourless * they exist as single atoms (they are monatomic)
Uses of the noble gases
The main uses of the noble gases Noble gas | Main use | Helium Helium balloons | Used in balloons and airships. It is much less dense than air, so balloons filled with it float upwards. | Neon Neon tube | Used in advertising signs. It glows when electricity is passed through it, and different coloured 'neon lights' can be made by coating the inside of the glass tubing with other chemicals. | Argon Blue light bulb | Used in light bulbs. The very thin metal filament inside the bulb would react with oxygen and burn away if the bulb were filled with air instead of argon. As argon is unreactive, it stops the filament burning away. |
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