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inert gas
inert gas
noun
- Also callednoble gasrare gasargonon any of the unreactive gaseous elements helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon
- (loosely) any gas, such as carbon dioxide, that is nonoxidizing
inert gas
- See noble gas
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inert gas1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
In the 1890s, chemists added a whole new family of elements to Dmitrii Mendeleev’s periodic table — the inert gases.
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Textbooks all taught that the arrangement of electrons around the inert gas atoms precluded any opportunity for chemical combination.
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The volume of flame, however, is increased by inert gas, and there is a proportionate diminution of the heating effect.
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Briefly Arcot and Wade discussed the unusual atmosphere, finally deciding that the inert gas was argon.
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The inert gas, nitrogen, had been discovered a year or two before.
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Nitrogen by itself is an inert gas, colorless and uninflammable.
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