The discovery of several of these through fractional distillation earned William Ramsay the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Commonly used in Geiger counters, they are used in a shorthand notation for electron configurations. Linus Pauling predicted that the heavier ones could form fluoride compounds.
The discovery of several of these through fractional distillation earned William Ramsay the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Commonly used in Geiger counters, they are used in a shorthand notation for electron configurations. Linus Pauling predicted that the heavier ones could form fluoride compounds. These elements have the highest first ionization energies of any group, and are characterized by a full valence shell. Comprising group 18, they are found on the far right of the periodic table and include xenon, argon, krypton, and neon. For 10 points, name this group of gases named for their inertness.
The discovery of several of these through fractional distillation earned William Ramsay the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
{noble} gases [accept {group 18} before it is mentioned]