noble gas: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Gerhard A. Cook (ed.), Argon, Helium, and the Rare Gases, 2 vol. (1961), contains authoritative accounts of the history, occurrence, properties, production, analytical determination, and uses of the noble gases; the work was published one year before the discovery of noble-gas compounds. The historical background relating to the discovery of noble-gas reactivity and the impact of this discovery on modern chemistry are dealt with in P. Laszlo and G.J. Schrobilgen, “One or Several Pioneers? The Discovery of Noble-Gas Compounds,” Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English, 27:479–489 (1988). An overview of the complex noble-gas species that are formed by the removal (cation) or addition (anion) of fluoride to a neutral noble-gas fluoride or oxide fluoride is presented in Henry Selig and J.H. Holloway, “Cationic and Anionic Complexes of the Noble Gases,” Topics in Current Chemistry, 124:33–90 (1984). Boris Žemva, “Noble Gases,” in Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, 5:2660–80 (1994); and G.J. Schrobilgen “Noble Gas Chemistry” in Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, 10:449–461, 3rd ed. (2002), summarize the chemistry of the noble-gas elements.
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
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Divya Dubey
Divya Dubey was an editor at Britannica, focusing on Chemistry content.
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Gary J. Schrobilgen
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Article History
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| Modified link of Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Group 18: The Noble Gases. | Oct 17, 2026 | ||
| Replaced expired media. | May 07, 2026 | ||
| Article structurally updated. | Mar 10, 2026 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 19, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC Chemical Engineering - Noble gas separation by a MOF with one-dimensional channels. | Aug 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics - Structure, stability, reactivity and bonding in noble gas compounds. | Jun 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Caltech Library - Inert Gases - Ideal Atoms for Research (PDF). | Jan 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Noble gases identify the mechanisms of fugitive gas contamination in drinking-water wells overlying the Marcellus and Barnett Shales. | Dec 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The application of noble gases and carbon stable isotopes in tracing the fate, migration and storage of CO2 (PDF). | Aug 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Pharmacy - Group 18 Centered Periodic Table with Enhanced Interpretations in Chemical Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences. | Jun 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Noble gas and neuroprotection: From bench to bedside. | Jan 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry - Chemistry World - A noble quest. | Dec 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry - Chemistry World - A noble quest. | Dec 05, 2023 | ||
| Adjusted interactive media location. | Sep 20, 2023 | ||
| Adjusted media location. | Sep 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Chemistry 2e - Occurrence, Preparation, and Properties of the Noble Gases. | Jun 20, 2023 | ||
| Video added. | May 11, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Apr 11, 2023 | ||
| Media revised. | Apr 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Angelo State University - Group 8A � The Noble or Inert Gases. | Mar 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Noble-Gas Chemistry More than Half a Century after the First Report of the Noble-Gas Compound. | Aug 25, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 23, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Periodic Table - Noble Gas. | Feb 28, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Group 18: The Noble Gases. | Nov 03, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Human Touch of Chemistry - Let's Talk Chemistry - Why are Noble Gases noble? | Feb 09, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Annenberg Learner - Noble Gases. | Jan 12, 2017 | ||
| Changed "element 118" to "oganesson." Changed "three atoms" to "a few atoms." | Dec 12, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Noble Gas. | Apr 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rader's Chem4Kids.Com - Noble Gas. | Apr 10, 2013 | ||
| Added table of properties of noble gases. | Aug 05, 2009 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Jan 29, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 29, 2009 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jul 03, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Chemical Elements.com - An Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements. | Aug 10, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Chemical Elements.com - An Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements. | Aug 10, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |