Noble gas

The noble gases mak a group o chemical elements wi seemilar properties. Unner staundart condeetions, thay are aw odourless, colourless, monatomic gases wi very law chemical reactivity. The sax noble gases that occur naiturally are helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), an the radioactive radon (Rn).

Noble gases
HydrogenHelium
LithiumBerylliumBoronCarbonNitrogenOxygenFluorineNeon
SodiumMagnesiumAluminiumSiliconPhosphorusSulfurChlorineArgon
PotassiumCalciumScandiumTitaniumVanadiumChromiumManganeseAirnCobaltNickelCapperZincGalliumGermaniumArsenicSeleniumBromineKrypton
RubidiumStrontiumYttriumZirconiumNiobiumMolybdenumTechnetiumRutheniumRhodiumPalladiumSiller (element)CadmiumIndiumTinAntimonyTelluriumIodineXenon
CaesiumBariumLanthanumCeriumPraseodymiumNeodymiumPromethiumSamariumEuropiumGadoliniumTerbiumDysprosiumHolmiumErbiumThuliumYtterbiumLutetiumHafniumTantalumTungstenRheniumOsmiumIridiumPlatinumGowdMercur (element)ThalliumLeid (element)BismuthPoloniumAstatineRadon
FranciumRadiumActiniumThoriumProtactiniumUraniumNeptuniumPlutoniumAmericiumCuriumBerkeliumCaliforniumEinsteiniumFermiumMendeleviumNobeliumLawrenciumRutherfordiumDubniumSeaborgiumBohriumHassiumMeitneriumDarmstadtiumRoentgeniumCoperniciumUnuntriumFleroviumUnunpentiumLivermoriumUnunseptiumUnunoctium
halogens  alkali metals
IUPAC group number18
Name by elementhelium group or
neon group
Trivial nameNoble gases, aerogens
CAS group nummer
(US, pattern A-B-A)
VIIIA
auld IUPAC nummer
(Europe, pattern A-B)
Group 0

↓ Period
1
Image: Helium discharge tube
Helium (He)
2
2
Image: Neon discharge tube
Neon (Ne)
10
3
Image: Argon discharge tube
Argon (Ar)
18
4
Image: Krypton discharge tube
Krypton (Kr)
36
5
Image: Xenon discharge tube
Xenon (Xe)
54
6Radon (Rn)
86

Legend
primordial element
element by radioactive decay
Atomic number color: red=gas