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Helium has completely filled orbitals and is hence chemically inert.

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Elements react with other elements by exchanging or sharing electrons to obtain a stable electron configuration

Helium has a full, outer shell of 2 electrons and so is stable as it is.

Helium is unusual in this respect as most stable electron configuration have 8 outer shell electrons.

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Helium has completely filled orbitals and is hence chemically inert.

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Because it is a noble gas. Noble gases are unreactive because their outer electron shells are full.

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Helium and neon have completely filled valence orbitals which is a stable electronic configuration. Hence they are chemically inert and do not react with any other elements.

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