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The inert gases can also be called what?
Inert gases can also be called noble gases. An example is Helium.
What are Noble gases sometimes called?
inert gases
What were noble gases first called?
inert gases
What are the noble gases sometimes called?
inert gases
What are rare inert gases called?
Noble Gases
What are inert gases?
Inert gases are the noble gases (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, and Rn). They used to be called the inert gases until Neil Bartlett proved that you could make compounds out of some of them, so they were renamed "inert" gases.
Why were the noble gases at one time called the inert gases?
Noble gases are gases and have completely filled orbitals. They generally have 8 valence electrons (helium has only 2) and have stable electronic configuration. Hence they are chemically inert and called inert gases.
Why inert gases are gaseous in nature?
All inert gases exist as gases in nature; but today the name inert remain only traditional. The so-called noble gases has known compounds (excepting neon).
Why are the elements helium argon and neon called inert gases?
As we all know that noble gases are also called INERT GASES, so the subgroup VIII of GROUP 'A' contains only noble gases and inert gases so helium and neon are also in VIII-A so they are inert gases.
Explain why the noble gases are sometimes called inert gases?
Noble gases have completely filled orbitals. They generally have 8 valence electrons (helium has only 2) and obey octet rule (stable electronic configuration). Hence they are chemically inert (or do not react with other elements).
Why helium is called as inert gas?
non-reactive with other substances. The term inert means non-reactive. We refer to gases as being chemically inert if their atoms don't combine with other atoms in chemical reactions.
Why is nobal gases called inert gases?
Noble gases are also known as inert gases because it takes extreme conditions for them to react with any other element, including themselves.
