answersLogoWhite

0

The Inert or "Noble" gasses.

Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, and Radon are the inert gasses.

The "inert" gas Radon is chemically inert, but is radioactive. Radon has a half-life of four days. Because of its radioactivity, radon is hazardous when concentrated. Where the soil contains trace amounts of radium, thorium and uranium, basements may tend to harbor unsafe concentrations of Radon gas; the radioactivity being breathed into the lungs increased the risk of lung cancer. Inexpensive radon detectors can let you know if your basement gathers radon. If so, a ventilation fan to prevent the heavy radon from accumulating might be advisable.

User Avatar

Wiki User

16y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Is it appropriate to refer to group viii elements as inert gases?

As long as you're referring to the rightmost group (starting with Helium) then yes, they are referred to as Noble/Inert gases.Note: Many scientists will call it group 18 instead of group 8.


What do you call a nonreactive element?

Stable.


What do we call the group 1 elements?

The Alkali Metals


What do you call the table used to group atoms?

The Periodic Table of Elements


What is call metal?

A group of elements in the periodic table is called metals.


What are all the element that in group 6 call?

All the elements in group 6 are called the transition metals. This is also true for groups 3-12.


What do you call he middle block of elements that doesn't have a group number Science?

The middle block of elements that don't fit in a specific group in the periodic table is known as the transition metals. These elements typically have properties of both metals and nonmetals.


What do you call the atoms in family 1?

The elements (not atoms) in family 1 (group I) are called alkali metals.


What is the family that contains very reactive elements such as F Cl BR I?

We call them halogens.they are in the 17th group.


What do you call A group of dancers?

What do you call a group of Dancers?


What does the term abelian mean?

The term abelian is most commonly encountered in group theory, where it refers to a specific type of group known as an abelian group. An abelian group, simply put, is a commutative group, meaning that when the group operation is applied to two elements of the group, the order of the elements doesn't matter.For example:Let G be a group with multiplication * or addition +. If, for any two elements a, b Є G, a*b = b*a or a + b = b + a, then we call the group abelian.There are other uses of the term abelian in other fields of math, and most of the time, the idea of commutativity is involved.The term is named after the mathematician, Niels Abel.


What do you call group of cakes?

you call a group of cakes a batch