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When Randy called me on the nobel gas issue I thought I better look it up.
From the 54th edition of "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics" p. B-22, I
quote: "The element is so inert that Lavoisier named it "azote", meaning
without life... Nitrogen, as a gas, is colorless, odorless, and a generally
inert element." While compounds of nitrogen can be quite active, Nitrogen,
the gas, is inert under the conditions found in the typical shock strut.

Apparently if you are nobel you are also inert but if you are inert you are
not necessarily nobel. I can think of
several situations, chemical, social and political, where this applies.

Regards
Brent Regan


Jason Beaver wrote:

 <<Hi Brent,

 Sorry to nitpick, but Nitrogen is not inert either (inert and noble mean
the same thing).  Nitrogen is somewhat less reactive than Oxygen (with 5
electrons in its outer orbit instead of 6).

 jason>>



Jimnordin@aol.com wrote:


 <<Nope ... not inert. Everheard of NO2? Or TNT?>>

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