Inert may refer to: *

Chemically inert In chemistry, the term chemically inert is used to describe a substance that is not chemically reactive. From a thermodynamic perspective, a substance is inert, or nonlabile, if it is thermodynamically unstable (negative standard Gibbs free en ...

, not chemically reactive **

Inert gas An inert gas is a gas that does not readily undergo chemical reactions with other chemical substances and therefore does not readily form chemical compounds. Though inert gases have a variety of applications, they are generally used to prevent u ...

Noble gas The noble gases (historically the inert gases, sometimes referred to as aerogens) are the members of Group (periodic table), group 18 of the periodic table: helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), radon (Rn) and, in some ...

, historically called inert gas * Inert knowledge, information which one can express but not use * Inert ingredient, a component of the excipient of a pharmaceutical drug * Inert munition, a round that does not contain any energetic material * Inert prime, a type of behaviour of a prime under an algebraic extension *

Inert waste Inert waste is waste which is neither chemically nor biologically reactive and will not decompose or only very slowly. Examples of this are sand, concrete, and demolition waste. This has particular relevance to landfills as inert waste typically re ...

, waste which is neither chemically nor biologically reactive and will not decompose

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