The inert or noble gases have a stable full outer shell of electrons which is why they are so unreactive.
Noble gases
group 18
To start off, the electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom are called valence electrons. You can tell how many valence electrons an energy level has by finding out its group number. If an element is in group one, than it has one valence electron.
halogens have very low energy states and alkaline metals have very high (for the purposes of this I'm including hydrogen). the atom from column 1 is so energetic that it looses an electron, the one from column 17 with the with its low energy state gains an captures the electron. now both atoms are at low energies attract each other and form ionic bonds. in a compound the lower the energy state the more stable it is. so the ionic bond requires the energy to raise the alkaline metal to pre-bonded energy state.
Group 18 aka the Noble Gases / Inert Gases.
When an electron returns to its ground state it emits energy in the form of light.
The group of elements that have a stable electron configuration are the noble gases.
The noble gases is the most stable group of elements. They have their outer electron energy levels full, but the number of electrons vary according to which noble gas it is. They are group 18 on the periodic table.
group 18
Group 8
The most stable number of valence electrons is 2 for hydrogen and helium, which have only one electron shell in the shell model for atomic electron configurations, and 8 for all other elements.
They r noble gases which have stable valance shell and grotp no. 18
Group 18 elements have a stable octet.
They r noble gases which have stable valance shell and grotp no. 18
They r noble gases which have stable valance shell and grotp no. 18
Elements in group two become more stable as they all have complete electron shell.They do not have valence electrons and hence they are less reactive.Some of the elements of group 2 are Barium,Magnesium and Calcium
8 valance electron
Yes they can be stable. That is the reason why they exist in ionic form. For example fluorine is more stable when it gains an extra electron( Number of protons are 9 Number of electrons are 10). The only elements which are stable in atomic form are Inert gases.