Noble gas (data page)


This page provides supplementary data about the noble gases, which were excluded from the main article to conserve space and preserve focus. Oganesson mostly not included due to the amount of research known about it.

Physical properties

Solid

Physical propertyHeliumNeonArgonKryptonXenonRadon
Density, solid at tp 1444162328263540
Crystal structurehcpfccfccfccfccfcc

Liquid

Physical propertyHeliumNeonArgonKryptonXenonRadon
Density, liquid at bp and 1 atm 125.012071393.9241530574400
Density, liquid at tp 1247141524513084
Thermal conductivity, liquid at bp 31.4129.7121.388.373.2
Dielectric constant 1.0571.1911.3251.6641.880

Gas

Physical propertyHeliumNeonArgonKryptonXenonRadon
Density, gas at 0 °C and 1 atm 0.17860.90021.78183.7085.8519.97
Thermal conductivity at 0 °C 0.14180.04610.01690.008740.005060.0036
Mean Free Path at STP 192.66135.3668.3352.3437.88
Solubility in water at 20 °C 8.6110.533.659.4108.1230
Magnetic susceptibility −0.0000019−0.0000072−0.0000194−0.000028−0.000043
Heat capacity, Cp, gas at 1 atm 20.7820.7920.8520.9521.0121
Sonic velocity at 0 °C and 1 atm 973433307.8213168
Thermal conductivity, gas at 0 °C and 1 atm 141.8446.0716.948.745.063.6
Molar refraction 0.5211.0044.2036.39710.435
Dielectric constant 1.00006841.000131.000516
van der Waals constant a 0.034120.21071.3452.3184.194
van der Waals constant b 0.023700.017090.032190.039780.05105

Phase changes and critical properties

Physical propertyHeliumNeonArgonKryptonXenonRadon
Boiling point −268.8−245.9−185.8−151.7−106.6−61.7
Boiling point 4.1527.1587.15121.2165.2211.3
Melting point −272−248.5−189.6−157.4−111.5−71.0
Critical temperature 5.2544.5150.85209.35289.74378.15
Critical pressure 2.2626.948.354.357.6462
Critical density 0.06930.4840.5360.9081.100
Triple point temperature 2.1924.56283.80115.76161.37202
Triple point pressure 5.143.3768.9073.1581.6670

Atomic properties

Abundance

Economic data

Radon is available only in very small quantities, and due to its short half-life, is generally produced by a radium-226 source in secular equilibrium.