Chemically inert gas is mainly used to fill hot air and party balloons. Balloons filled with it float upwards and this phenomenon is achieved as helium gas is less dense than air Chemically inert In chemistry, the term chemically inert is used to describe a substance that is not chemically reactive. Most Group 8 or 18 elements that appear in the last column of the periodic table (Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon and Radon) are classified as inert (or unreactive). These elements are stable in their naturally occurring form (gaseous form) and they are called inert gases. The noble gases were previously
Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs government departments, public sector undertakings, various boards, cooperative institutions, local bodies, and institutions running on government aid. Japan will phase out incandescent light bulbs and fluorescents by 2020. Kazakhstan banned all bulbs over 25W on 1 January 2014. As of 1 August 2017, Kuwait has banned the import of incandescent light bulbs, including halogen bulbs. It was reported in 2012 that Malaysia would ban incandescent bulbs by 2014. North Korea reportedly made LED bulbs mandatory in 2014 in order to alleviate its energy crisis. In February 2008, president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called for a ban of incandescent light bulbs by