A noble gas has a valance of zero, indicating that it does not engage in chemical reactions.
If the element has a full valence shell, such as the noble gases, then it is unreactive. It the element is missing few valence electrons of has few valence electrons, then the element is very reactive, such as the sodium.
These are the noble gases.
all elements from group 16 or the chalcogens (oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium and polonium)
Noble Gasses.
An element with a complete valence electron shell is a noble gas. Noble gases have a full outer electron shell, making them stable and non-reactive. Examples include helium, neon, and argon.
Helium has only 2 valence electrons. The rest noble gases have eight.
A species (element, cation or anion) should have eight valence electrons to have a noble gas electronic configuration. However element upto atomic number 4 may have 2 valence electrons and attain the electronic configuration of helium noble gas.
S2- ion: [Ne]3s23p6
Helium is a noble gas with 2 valence electrons.
Helium is odd as it has 2 valence electrons while others have 8 valence electrons.
The odd element in the noble gases is xenon (Xe). It has an odd number of protons and neutrons in its nucleus, unlike the other noble gases (helium, neon, argon, krypton, radon) which have an even number.
the element with seven valence electrons will be more reactive. The reason for this is that elements want to always want to have a full valence shell (they always want 8, like a noble gas). The element with eight valence electron is happy with its full shell and will not want to get rid of any electrons.