Argon is the lightest yet of the inert gases to have formed a compound. It is difficult to persuade light inert gases to react because their outer electrons are shielded less from the electrostatic ...

Atoms of argon and the other so-called “noble” gases--helium, neon, xenon, krypton and radon--have a full complement of electrons and do not normally react with other substances.

The landmark synthesis of a xenon compound in the early 1960s dispelled a long-standing myth about the reactivity of the noble gases — and opened the door to the rich chemistry of these elements ...

Ohio State University chemists and their colleagues at the University of Virginia have created the first-ever compounds of uranium bonded to atoms of three so-called "noble gases" -- argon ...

Richard Harris reports that scientists in Finland have succeeded in making a chemical compound out of one of the few elements on earth considered to be completely inert -- argon. Argon is a gas ...

It helps to detect aromatic hydrocarbons, organo-heteroatom, and other organic compounds. This detector consists of an ultraviolet lamp to emit photons that are absorbed by the compounds, in an ...