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What element is Helium?

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Noble gas (is a element in the periodic table that are very stable due to having the maximum number of valence electrons their outer shell can hold)

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nonmetal (a periodic element that is not and does not have the properties of a metal)

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What type of periodic element (a pure chemical substance consisting a single type of atom, distinguished by the number of protons in the atoms' nucleii) is helium, the chemical element with atomic number 2 and an atomic weight of 4.002602, which is represented by the symbol He?

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Helium is a subclass of nonmetal

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Helium is a subclass of Noble gas

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Helium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Helium ( / ˈ h iː l i ə m / hee-lee-əm) is the chemical element with atomic number 2 and an atomic weight of 4.002602, which is represented by the symbol He.

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What is Helium? Information and facts regarding the element Helium. Info about the element Helium includes the definition, classification, history, discovery, properties,use ...

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