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unusual facts about Noble gas


Colored gold

The less noble elements are leached to the environment, and a gold-rich surface layer is formed.



see also

Penning mixture

The energy of the excited noble gas atoms then can ionize the quench gas particles by energy transfer via collisions; known as the Penning effect.

Ramsauer

Ramsauer–Townsend effect, physical phenomenon involving the scattering of low-energy electrons by atoms of a noble gas

Three-center bond

Three-center four-electron bond, found in hypervalent compounds such as the noble gas compounds