rare gas
Meaning
A rare gas is another name for a noble gas, like helium, neon, argon, krypton, or xenon. These group 18 elements are very unreactive, with full outer shells, and rarely form compounds.
Synonyms
Examples
Being a rare gas, it usually migrates freely through faults and fragmented soils, and may accumulate in caves or water.
Larochelle et al. citation have compared the theoretically predicted ion versus intensity curves of rare gas atoms interacting with a Ti:Sapphire laser with experimental measurement.