Definition of Inert gas

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


Definition of Inert gas

1. Noun. (chemistry) A gas which does not undergo chemical reactions. ¹

2. Noun. (context: chemistry specifically) A noble gas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inert Gas

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Literary usage of Inert gas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTech (1992)
"This process occurs when any inert gas is breathed. Absorption consists of several phases, including the transfer of inert gas from the lungs to the blood ..."

2. Women at Thirtysomething: Paradoxes of Attainment (1991)
"... hydrocarbon in inerted cargo tanks was $ inoperable and the inert gas system alarms and shutdowns were inoperable on board the tank vessel ESMERALDAS. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"That the extinction of a flame is not determined only by the proportion which the inert gas bears to the oxygen of the atmosphere into which it is ..."

4. The Cementation of Iron and Steel by Federico Giolitti (1914)
"The inert gas bubbles through the liquid 62, reaching the latter through a distributor 65, which admits it into the liquid in the form of small bubbles. ..."

5. The Gas, Petrol, and Oil Engine by Dugald Clerk, George Arthur Burls (1910)
"The - inert- gas may be either air alone which is capable of supporting combustion, ... It is not sufficient that a mere film of this inert gas be present; ..."

6. Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: A Course of Laboratory and Classroom Study by Arthur Alphonzo Blanchard, Joseph Warren Phelan (1922)
"The presence of a very moderate proportion of inert gas in illuminating gas suffices to render its flame non-luminous. Nitrogen exerts the same effect as ..."

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