inert

Examples of inert in the following topics:

• The Noble Gases (Group 18)

  • Noble gases are the six chemical elements of Group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic and (with very limited exceptions) inert.
  • The noble gases were originally also referred to as "inert gases," since it was believed that they did not react with other elements to form compounds.

• Properties of the Halogens

  • It reacts with otherwise inert materials such as glass, and it forms compounds with the heavier noble gases.
  • Fluorine's reactivity means that once it does react with something, it bonds so strongly that the resulting molecule is inert and non-reactive.
  • Thus fluorine must be handled with substances like the inert organofluorine compound Teflon.

• Properties of Nitrogen

  • Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78.09 percent of Earth's atmosphere by volume.
  • Filling automotive and aircraft tires due to its inertness and lack of moisture or oxidative qualities, as compared to air

• Le Chatelier's Principle

  • What would happen to the equilibrium position of the reaction if an inert gas, such as krypton or argon, were added to the reaction vessel?
  • An inert gas will not react with either the reactants or the products, so it will have no effect on the product/reactant ratio, and therefore, it will have no effect on equilibrium.

• Borates: Boron-Oxygen Compounds

  • Due to its short interatomic bond lengths and strongly covalent character, B6O displays a range of outstanding physical and chemical properties such as great hardness (close to that of rhenium diboride and boron nitride), low mass density, high thermal conductivity, high chemical inertness, and excellent wear resistance.

• Reactions of Ethers

  • The inert nature of the ethers relative to the alcohols is undoubtedly due to the absence of the reactive O–H bond.

• Oxidation

  • Saturated ketones are generally inert to oxidation conditions that convert aldehydes to carboxylic acids.

• Physical Properties of Covalent Molecules

  • Having 8 valence electrons is favorable for stability and is similar to the electron configuration of the inert noble gases.

• The Halogens (Group 17)

  • Fluorine is one of the most reactive elements in existence, attacking otherwise inert materials, such as glass, and forming compounds with the heavier noble gases.
  • The high reactivity of fluorine also means that once it does react with something, it bonds with it so strongly that the resulting molecule is very inert and non-reactive to anything else.

• Aluminum

  • The simplest and safest way is to connect a battery to the sample and perform electrolysis under either an inert atmosphere (like argon gas) or vacuum conditions.