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The Noble Gases - Online Term Paper

The Noble Gases

are the far right elements on the periodic table. On the earth they are scarce so we don’t see much of them, because they do not react well with anything. In fact until around the 50’s they hadn’t found anything that they would react with any of the gases. But then someone found out that Fluorine one of the most reactive elements could form compounds with Xenon. Later they found that it could react with most of the other gases.
Helium is one of the more scarce noble gases on earth but in the universe it makes up 25% of it. Helium’s presence was discovered by using spectral analysis to detect helium in the sun’s spectrum. Helium is not found a lot on the earth because gravity ...

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uses include electric signs, lamps, and lasers.
Argon is the most abundant and most used noble on earth. Sir Walter Ramsey discovered it by Lord Rayleigh and in 1894. Argon makes up about 1.2 % of the earths atmosphere. It is found naturally in rock and in the air. It is used for electric light bulbs and fluorescent tubes. It is also used a lot in industry.
Krypton a very rare noble was discovered by Sir Walter Ramsey and by Morris W. Travers. Traces of it are found in natural gas, hot springs and volcanoes but most of it is in the atmosphere. It is used for incandescent lights and it is used in high speed photography.
Xenon is the first noble to form compounds with another element. It is very heavy and extremely rare. Sir Walter Ramsey and Morris W. Travers discovered it. It is found in mineral springs and in the Martian atmosphere. It is used in stroboscopes and many things to do with photography.
Radon is a very heavy radioactive gas. Freredich E. Dorn discovered it ...

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Added: 7/3/2006 01:24:29 AM
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