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No, noble gases do not combine to form any kind of bond as they have stable electronic configurations.
What is an atom?An atom consists of a bunch of electrons, protons and neutrons. The electrons arrange themselves in "electron shells". These electron shells always have a number of 1 to 8 electrons.Except for the first shell, that can only hold 2 electrons.
So if an atom has 12 electrons, it will have the following structure:
- First (inner) shell of 2 electrons
- A second shell with 8 electrons
- And an outer shell with 2 electrons
Note: That's why in the periodic table atoms are sorted by their amount of electrons. Very interesting is that atoms with the same amount of valence electrons (but different amount of shells) show the same physical characteristics.
The atoms who have 8 valence atoms, that's the maximum an atom can have on it's outer shell, are the noble gasses and are chemically the most stable. They all exist in gas form at room temperature, they all show the same physical characteristics like I said before.
Binding of atomsWhen atoms bind they share some of their valence electrons with an other atom or by "gaining" or "losing" valence electrons to reach a state with 8 valence electrons. They do this to achieve a more stable state. Covalent bondTwo or more atoms will share their valence electrons together. Because more than one nuclei (center of the atom with the protons and neutrons) are using the same electron those two atoms are being held together by a covalent bond and form a molecule.So if an atom has 2 valence electrons, he will try to bind with an atom which has 6 valence electrons. Or 4 atoms with 2 valence electrons will bind to each other.
Ionic bondAn atom with a very low amount of valence electrons will give his valence electrons to an atom with a very high amount of valence electrons and thus making them positively and negatively charged (ion). This inflicted charge will attract the atoms together and they will be held together by an ionic bond.So if an atom has 1 valence electrons, he will try to bind with an atom which has 7 valence electrons.
Noble gassesNoble gasses already have 8 valence electrons by themselves so they already have a stable state and don't have to bind with other atoms.
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∙ 13y agoYes, quite easily in the right circumstances.
Xenon is known to form ionic compounds with fluoride, as are several other noble gases. When at a high enough temperature, it is also known that the nobles will ionise to plasma.
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∙ 10y agoNo, noble gases (at least the three lightest ones) have no chemical bond whatever!
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∙ 11y agoNoble gases are elements. they do not form ions.
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∙ 11y agoNoble gases do not generally form ions. However when atoms gain or lose electrons, ions are formed which generally (not always) have the electron configuration of the nearest noble gas.
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∙ 10y agoNoble gases generally do not form ions, so they do not have ionic radius.
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What kind of bonding is noble gases and metals?
noble gases do not bond with metals.
What type of bond do noble gases form?
Noble gases do not react, and therefore do not form any bonds with other elements. This is because noble gases already have a full electron count. In other words, they already have a sufficient number of electrons to fill their electron shell.
What are some noble gases of ionic compounds?
Noble gases have completely filled orbitals. They are stable and chemically inert (non-reactive). So generally they will not accept / gain electrons and dont form ionic compounds.
What region on the periodic table has atoms that rarely if ever chemically bond?
Noble Gases: Because Noble Gases are already in a stable form, they are not as likely to bond with other atoms as are those farther from a stable form. Noble Gases are found in group VIII, which is the far rightmost column.
What does carbon bond to?
Hydrogen
Why doesnt neon readily form an ionic bond?
That is because Neon is a noble gases and noble gases do not bond under normal circumstances. This is because they have a complete set of 8 valence electrons and it does not want to gain or lose any.
What Elements near the noble gases tend to form what bond?
If you think to halogens they form ionic bonds with metals.
What kind of bonding is noble gases and metals?
noble gases do not bond with metals.
What type of bond do noble gases form?
Noble gases do not react, and therefore do not form any bonds with other elements. This is because noble gases already have a full electron count. In other words, they already have a sufficient number of electrons to fill their electron shell.
What are some noble gases of ionic compounds?
Noble gases have completely filled orbitals. They are stable and chemically inert (non-reactive). So generally they will not accept / gain electrons and dont form ionic compounds.
How do you know if an element is a ionic or covelant bond?
If you mean what bond does an element form the general answer is metals form ionic bonds noble gases have great difficulty forming bonds, when they do they are covalent rest of non metals form either ionic bonds with metals or covalent bonds with the rest metalloids form mainly covalent
What are gases that do not bond or have ion charges?
These are the noble gases: He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn.
Which elements will not bond with anybody?
pretty much all elements will bond, but noble gases rarely do
Do noble gases react?
The noble gases are usually inert, because their electron shells are full. The further away an electron is the higher its energy and the less of a hold the protons have one it. If a highly electro-negative element comes in contact with a noble gas in high heat, the noble gas can lose an electron. Thus the noble gas becomes a cation. The cation noble gas is free to from a ionic bond with a anion.
What region on the periodic table has atoms that rarely if ever chemically bond?
Noble Gases: Because Noble Gases are already in a stable form, they are not as likely to bond with other atoms as are those farther from a stable form. Noble Gases are found in group VIII, which is the far rightmost column.
What does carbon bond to?
Hydrogen
What types of elements will you not find in a covalent bond?
Metals, metalloids, and noble gases.
