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Atoms that are known as inert or noble rarely undergo reactions because?
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∙ 12y ago
Noble gases are non-reactive due to their stability. The outer most shell shoud have 8 electrons to be stable and all the elements in the eighth group have 8 electrons in their outer most shell so they do not need to take part in chemical reactions to become stable THAT is why they are non reactive!
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoNoble gases are generally inert because their atoms have completely filled shells
and thus they stable electronic configuration. This is the reaction that they are generally
non-reactive and inert. However, krypton and xenon react in specific conditions.
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∙ 12y agoThe outer electron shells of noble gases are considered to be full thus do not readily undergo chemical reactions
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∙ 8y agoTheir outer electron levels are filled
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