The noble gases are a group of chemical elements with very similar properties: under
standard conditions, they are all odorless, colorless, monatomic gases, with very low
chemical reactivity. The six noble gases that occur naturally are helium (He), neon (Ne),
argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), and the radioactive radon (Rn).
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