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Who first used the German term Edelgas for the noble gases in 1900?
ALord Rayleigh
BHugo Erdmann
CHenri Moissan
DWilliam Ramsay
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Hugo Erdmann
Hugo Erdmann coined Edelgas to stress the gases' very low reactivity, by analogy with noble metals.
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