The noble gases (group 18). Some of them have been forced to react in laboratories, however.
The only two elements on the whole Periodic Table that have not yet formed bonds are helium and neon. There are about 100 known noble gas compounds, most of which contain fluorine.
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Noble gases or group 18 elements
No. The noble gasses will not form bonds with most elements and never bond with metals. Metals form metallic bonds with one another, but this is considered a mixture rather than a new chemical compound.
You never said which group.
Because they are highly reactive with many other elements.
Noble Gases
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Noble gases or group 18 elements
It does have a name. Group 16 elements are called "chalcogens".
group 1 elements
No. The noble gasses will not form bonds with most elements and never bond with metals. Metals form metallic bonds with one another, but this is considered a mixture rather than a new chemical compound.
You never said which group.
Noble gasses does not make bonds with other elements. So they cannot be solidified.
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Because they are highly reactive with many other elements.
All elements will form ions if you force it (meaning if use man power (actually machine power) to ionize it) But elements that don't usually form ions are ones that are already satisfied with the number of electrons they have. Ever heard of the octet rule? (If not, message board me, or Google it). Elements that satisfy the octet rule are "happy" and don't want to ionize (form ions). These elements are the group 18 elements (or group 8A, depending on your periodic table) and are called the noble gases. Helium (He) is a noble gas that does not ionize as well. But notice it only has 2 electrons. That's fine, because Helium only wants 2 electrons in order to fill is 1s subshell. One additional note, noble gases are known as inert gases because they rarely react to form compounds.
The alkali metals