Answer to Question #129290 in General Chemistry for Marvel

Question

List 4 examples of noble gases and their uses

Answer 1

The examples of noble gases: helium, neon, xenon, argon.

Helium is used in airships and rockets as a lifting gas, fuel, and coolant, in gas chromatography as a gas-carrier.

Neon is used for fluorescent lighting, indicators, lasers, as a cryogenic refrigerant.

Xenon is used in flash lamps, arc lamps, lasers, nuclear magnetic resonance, magnetic resonance imaging, as a general anaesthetic.

Argon is used in arc welding, cryosurgery, as a preservative, and for extinguishing fires.