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What is special about the arrangement of electrons in the noble gases?
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∙ 12y ago
Noble gases have a full shell of valence electrons, therefore are unlikely to gain or lose any since they are stable.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoAll noble gases have completely filled valence electrons. Helium has 2 valence electrons, other noble gases have 8 valence electrons.
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∙ 9y agoNoble gases have 8 electrons in their outermost energy level. So they have the most stable electron configuration. Therefor they are unlikely to react with other elements.
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∙ 8y agoThey all have filled outermost shells. They have stable electron configurations.
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∙ 7y agoNoble gase have a completely filled electron shell.
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∙ 8y agoIts outer shell is full.
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The inertness of the noble gases is due to?
Noble gases are inert because they contain a "stable octet" of electrons in the outermost shell of the atom (valence electrons). This means that the noble gases do not need to react to lose or gain electrons in order to become stable, since scientists have determined that 8 valence electrons is a stable electron configuration.
Do noble gases have a maximum number of electrons in their outer energy level?
Yes they do, because, for example, neon has 2 electrons in its inner shell and 8 on its outer shell; these shells are both full. Helium, the lightest of the noble gases, has only 2 electrons, but that completes it only shell. All the other noble gases have 8 electrons in their outer shell, which is a stable arrangement.
What gases do not gain electrons?
Noble gases
All the elemental gases except for the Noble Gases come in what kind of special molecules?
All the elemental gases except for the noble gases come in molecules that are unstable. The noble gases are all stable, they have the maximum number of valence electrons that their outer shell can hold.
Why are nobles gases special?
Noble Gases have an 'octet' which is a completely filled outer energy level with 8 electrons, except for Helium which has 2 valence electrons. This makes these gases in group 18 very stable.
The inertness of the noble gases is due to?
Noble gases are inert because they contain a "stable octet" of electrons in the outermost shell of the atom (valence electrons). This means that the noble gases do not need to react to lose or gain electrons in order to become stable, since scientists have determined that 8 valence electrons is a stable electron configuration.
Do noble gases have a maximum number of electrons in their outer energy level?
Yes they do, because, for example, neon has 2 electrons in its inner shell and 8 on its outer shell; these shells are both full. Helium, the lightest of the noble gases, has only 2 electrons, but that completes it only shell. All the other noble gases have 8 electrons in their outer shell, which is a stable arrangement.
What gases do not gain electrons?
Noble gases
All the elemental gases except for the Noble Gases come in what kind of special molecules?
All the elemental gases except for the noble gases come in molecules that are unstable. The noble gases are all stable, they have the maximum number of valence electrons that their outer shell can hold.
Which group contains eight valence electrons?
Group 18 contains eight valence electrons, namely the noble gases.
Why are nobles gases special?
Noble Gases have an 'octet' which is a completely filled outer energy level with 8 electrons, except for Helium which has 2 valence electrons. This makes these gases in group 18 very stable.
What are the families that contain a full octet of valence electrons?
This is the family of noble gases (group 18).
How many electrons are in the outermost energy level of noble gases?
Helium has 2 valence electrons. All other noble gases have 8 valence electrons.
What do noble gases electrons form?
Noble Gas Configurations
Why is helium stable with a different arrangement?
All noble gases have completely filled orbitals. Helium has two valence electrons and its s-orbital is full and is stable. Other noble gases have completely fill p-orbitals as the valence orbitals.
What is special about the outer electron orbits of helium?
Helium has only two valence electrons. All other noble gases have 8 valence electrons.
All noble gases except helium have this?
Helium has 2 valence electrons. All other noble gases have 8 valence electrons.
