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Meanings of argonon in English

Portuguese
gás nobre
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gas rar

Any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table.

gás nobre
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Examples for "noble gas"
Examples for "noble gas"
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Interfered with, they dissolved much more quickly: in a noble gas more slowly.
Perdido Street Station
2
As a noble gas, radon is colorless and odorless and reacts with nothing.
The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
3
A fullerene or "buckyball" molecule with noble gas trapped inside is shown in this undated artist concept handout image.
Reuters
4
This time, the X-37B will be sporting a Hall thruster, a propulsion system that uses electrically-accelerated noble gas instead of burning rocket fuel.
Wired
5
The new experimental rig is composed of 200 kilograms of liquid xenon, made up of an almost unthinkable number of atoms of the noble gas.
Wired
1
One of the latest is the tungsten arc in an inert gas.
Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization
2
The inert gas, nitrogen, had been discovered a year or two before.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
3
Diesel is not so much an inert actor as an inert gas.
The Guardian
4
It showed a carbon electrode in an inert gas chamber.
Map of bones
5
Nitrogen by itself is an inert gas, colorless and uninflammable.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
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