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inert gases
none its innert Being inert does not mean you don't have valence electrons. Helium has two valence electrons, both in a 1s orbital.
There are 27 valance electrons.
2 valance electrons
8 valence electrons. except for helium which has 2 valence electrons
Iodine has 7 valance electrons
Inert gases have 8 valence electrons. This is why they are inert, they have a complete octet formed of electrons and are in their lowest energy configuration.
They have different numbers of valance electrons
6 valence electrons
6 valence electrons
The halogens, or inert gases, have full outer shells. Helium has 2 valence electrons in its outermost shell, and the other inert gases have eight. Wikipedia has a good entry on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_electron
there are six