Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 8 - Periodic Relationships Among the Elements - Questions & Problems - Page 366: 8.131

Answer

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Helium should be named helon so that it may be matched to other noble gases eg neon etc. We also know that the ending -ium shows that helium has properties that of a metal.
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