Question

Noble gases are considered to be inert. Identify pairs of noble gases from the options:

(More than one option are correct)

• A. Helium and hydrogen
• B. Neon and argon
• C. Helium and neon
• D. Nitrogen and neon

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

Helium and neon

The term inert means that a substance is chemically non-reactive. Noble gases are considered to be inert. Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon are the noble gases that are present in the ${18}^{th}$ group of the periodic table.