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What is the difference between noble gas and full outer shell?
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∙ 12y ago
Noble gases or the inert gases as they are become know as have a full outer shell. It is possible to get different elements to fill in the last outer shell but it is extremely difficult to take electrons from a noble gas therefore when you ask what the difference is the question is perhaps not phrased properly because there is no difference they are two different categories. A noble gas is an element with a full outer shell and full outer shell is when an element has filled all of the max electrons in the last orbital.
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Do metalloids have a complete outer shell?
No, noble gasses do.
What is it called when an electron has 8 electrons in its outer shell?
when an element has 8 electron in outer shell it is said to be inert. inert gases are called noble gases.
How many electrons does it take to fill the outer shell to become like a noble gas?
For most elements, a complete outer shell, like that of a noble gas, has eight electrons. There are exceptions. Helium, which is the most noble of the noble gases, has only two electrons in its outer shell. A few other light elements only need two (and hydrogen can also exist with no electrons at all, in the form of a naked proton, which is also a form of completion for the outer shell).
Which noble gas can bond?
No noble gas will bond in an unexcited state. All noble gases have a complete outer valence shell consisting of eight electrons. (Helium excluded- whose outer electron shell is completed with two electrons)
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.
Do metalloids have a complete outer shell?
No, noble gasses do.
What is it called when an electron has 8 electrons in its outer shell?
when an element has 8 electron in outer shell it is said to be inert. inert gases are called noble gases.
Do noble shells have a full outer shell of electrons?
Every noble gas does have an outer shell. That's why they don't want to react with any other element. This is because they don't want to gain or lose any electrons. Because they have a full outer shell.
What are atoms with complete closed outer shell?
The noble gases
Why do noble gases not normally form compounds?
Noble gases have a full outer shell, meaning that they have no valence electrons and have 8 electrons in their outer shell. If the outer shell is full they do not need electrons, so they would not want to bond with another element to form a compound.
How many electrons does it take to fill the outer shell to become like a noble gas?
For most elements, a complete outer shell, like that of a noble gas, has eight electrons. There are exceptions. Helium, which is the most noble of the noble gases, has only two electrons in its outer shell. A few other light elements only need two (and hydrogen can also exist with no electrons at all, in the form of a naked proton, which is also a form of completion for the outer shell).
Does calcium have a full outer shell?
Calcium has a full 4s sublevel, but does not have a full "outer shell", per se, because it is not a noble gas.
How many electrons are in the outer shell of Ar?
Argon has eight valence (outer) shell electrons. It is a Noble Gas so its valence shell is full (Octet Rule).
Which noble gas can bond?
No noble gas will bond in an unexcited state. All noble gases have a complete outer valence shell consisting of eight electrons. (Helium excluded- whose outer electron shell is completed with two electrons)
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 is name for gases which have a full outer shell?
These are the noble (inert) gases.
Why are noble gas nonreactive?
Having the outer shell of electrons filled noble gases are very stable.
