Why wont helium and neon react well with other atoms?

Answer 1

Neon is a nonreactive Nobel gas that has a full valance shell with 8 electrons in it. It does not " need " to either give or receive electrons into it's valance shell to complete it's octet, so it is inert.

Answer 2

neon is unreactive because it has a full outer shell of electrons and therefore doesnt need to combine with other elements to gain or have a share in a full outer shell of electrons. after all the only reason elements combine is to have a share in or gain a full outer shell of electrons

Answer 3

The primary reason neon will not want to bond with other elements is because it has a full valence shell. Neon is an inert or noble gas, and, like the other inert gases, they have full valence and will generally not want to form chemical bonds.

Answer 4

Under normal circumstances, it is unreactive because its outermost shell of electrons is completely full, this gives the 'noble gases' a stability which means they don't tend to form compounds with other elements.

However it is actually possible to make compounds of the noble gases under other circumstances - Oxygen and Fluorine are both reactive enough to do so. Neon is the least reactive of the noble gases however, and while it can become ionized into (NeAr)+ and (NeH)+, no true compound of Neon has been discovered so far.

Answer 5

Neon doesn't react with other elements because, since it is a noble gas, its outer electron orbital is full. Therefore, it does not want to gain or lose electrons to fill its outer orbital.

Answer 6

Helium and neon have completely filled orbitals, are stable and hence they do not react with other elements.