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The most abundant noble gas in the atmosphere is ____.


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Noble gas:

  • Noble gases belong to Group-18.
  • The stability of noble gases is very high.
  • Noble gases exhibit stable electronic configuration due to the completely filled orbitals.
  • They are fairly non-reactive gases.
  • The general electronic configuration of Noble gas is ns2np6.

Elements of Noble gases:

  • There are seven elements that make up Group-18. The elements are discussed below:
  1. Helium He
  2. Neon Ne
  3. Argon Ar
  4. Krypton Kr
  5. Xenon Xe
  6. Radon Rn
  7. Oganesson Og

The most abundant noble gas in the atmosphere is Argon. Argon makes up 0.94% of the Earth's atmosphere.


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