The Noble Gases

By: Levi Potash, Tairone Powell, and Isaiah Seyler

 Helium (He)

● Two Valence Electrons

● Density: 0.1786 g/L
● Melting Point: 0.95 K (-
457.96 F)
● Discovered by Jules
Janssen in Guntur, India
● Used in Balloons and
Blimps
 Neon (Ne)

● Eight Valence Electrons

● Density: 0.9002 g/L
● Melting Point: 24.56 K (-
415.46 F)
● Discovered by William
Ramsay and Morris
Travers in England
● Used for advertising signs
and displays
 Argon (Ar)
● Eight Valence Electrons
● Density: 1.784 g/L
● Melting Point: 83.81 K (-
302.526 F)
● Discovered by William Ramsay
and John William Strutt in
England
● Used in arc welding, growing
semiconductor crystals, and
processes that require shielding
from atmospheric gases.
 The Noble Gases
● 6 Elements: Helium; Neon; Argon;
Krypton; Xenon; Radon
● Extremely Low Melting Points: All
Gases at Room Temperature
● Inert: Highly Unreactive
● Average Melting Point: 111.448 K (-
259 F)
● Average Density: 3.7059 g/L
 Krypton (Kr)

● Eight Valence Electrons

● Density: 3.749 g/L
● Melting Point: 115.78 K (-
251.27 F)
● Discovered by William Ramsay
and Morris Travers in England
● Used for types of photographic
flashes used in high speed
photography
 Xenon (Xe)
● Eight Valence Electrons
● Density: 5.894 g/L
● Melting Point: 161.40 K
(-169.15 F)
● Discovered by William
Ramsay and Morris
Travers in England
● Used in fluorescent
bulbs, flash bulbs, and
 Radon (Rn)

● Eight Valence Electrons

● Density: 9.73 g/L
● Melting Point: 202 K (-96 F)
● Discovered by Friedrich E.
Dorn in Germany
● Used in medicine in small
doses as a source of gamma
rays
 Works Cited

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon
https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Science-Party-Balloons-Periodic/dp/B06XPTVTG7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon
http://periodictable.com/Elements/036/index.html
https://thedrugclassroom.com/video/xenon/
http://periodictable.com/Elements/086/index.html
https://www.ptable.com