Talk:Inert gas
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According to the article Neon, neon has a compound. Andres 09:01, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- As far as I understand, it hasn't yet been verified that Neon has any true compounds (see [1]), as opposed to Xenon, therefore it still qualifies as a true inert gas.--leandros 09:29, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
List?
[edit]A list of some non-elemental inert gases would be nice. I imagine CO2 and N2 would be top candidates, but are there more? --Roentgenium111 (talk) 22:11, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
- CO2 is not inert. It can inhibit oxidation but reacts with moisture to form carbonic acid, which induces hypercapnia in animals. 60.231.232.99 (talk) 06:31, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
a list of all inert gases would be best. i'm looking for alternatives to argon for flushing a marine engine fuel rail, and this is the kind of thing i use Wiki for every day in my research. i know i can go to the periodic table, but i thought this page would have a simple list or at least a snapshot of the group VIII elements on the table. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1003:B010:C393:6043:CBE4:25CF:929E (talk) 17:18, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
Ammonia cracking
[edit]is not mentioned as a production method. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.155.166 (talk) 09:14, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Opaque
[edit]If you come to this article for information you quickly come to this paragraph, which is unclear (to me) to say the least:
Unlike noble gases, an inert gas is not necessarily elemental and is often a compound gas. Like the noble gases the tendency for non-reactivity is due to the valence, the outermost electron shell, being complete in all the inert gases. This is a tendency, not a rule, as noble gases and other "inert" gases can react to form compounds.
I don't think this is to do with the subject being complicated, more a result of foggy writing. I don't know enough about the matter to rewrite it myself; but "Unlike noble gases, an inert gas ... " jars with me, as some noble gases can be inert. What is the significance of inert being in quote marks? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.6.73.150 (talk) 22:23, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Vandalism
[edit]Somebody with a potty mouth has added garbage to the first paragraph. I'm no expert editor so I am asking someone who knows how to track hidden inserts into the text (which this seems to be - I don't see the potty text when trying to edit) to fix this little problem. Many regards, 67.222.229.171 (talk) 02:57, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Inert gases
[edit]Inert gases 2409:4042:4D49:9BE:C01A:2E60:654F:1643 (talk) 15:29, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
Nitrogen
[edit]Nitrogen is not inert. http://www.uigi.com/nitrogen.html --Kitchen Knife (talk) 23:12, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
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