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Yes. Inert means unreactive, it's the same thing.
Commonly you may find questioning this in terms of the octet rule and noble gases, which I wrote an answer to a while back in the following link, if you need to learn more.
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An atom that is chemically unreactive?
Noble gases are usually inert. It is possible, however, to use a noble gas in a compound, such as XeF4, xenon tetrafluoride, but it is not common.
What is another word for chemically nonreactive?
inert as in the inert gases or "noble" gases
What is the chemical reactivity of krypton?
Krypton is a practically unreactive noble gas.
Is Gold chemically active or inert?
Gold is active, or at least not inert. Only the noble gases are inert.
What is helium considered as?
Helium is considered as totally inert and unreactive. It is the first element of the noble gases.
What gives noble gases the shared property of being highly unreactive?
Noble gases have completely filled orbitals, hence they are stable and chemically inert.
An atom that is chemically unreactive?
Noble gases are usually inert. It is possible, however, to use a noble gas in a compound, such as XeF4, xenon tetrafluoride, but it is not common.
What is another word for chemically nonreactive?
inert as in the inert gases or "noble" gases
Noble gases are chemically?
Noble gases are chemically inert. They have completely filled orbitals, hence are generally non-reactive (or chemically inert).
Which is more unreactive helium or krypton?
Helium is unreactive and is chemically inert. Krypton generally compounds with fluorine such as KrF2, KrF4
How active is noble gases?
Noble gases are chemically inert.
What is the chemical reactivity of krypton?
Krypton is a practically unreactive noble gas.
Are noble gasses inert gasses?
Noble gases have a full valence shell. Reactions often take place in order for an atom to gain a full valence shell and then become chemically unreactive. Since the noble gases already have a full valence shell, they are unreactive (although some exceptions do aply)
Is Gold chemically active or inert?
Gold is active, or at least not inert. Only the noble gases are inert.
Why are the elements in Family 18 called inert in the periodic table?
Inert means unreactive, and most of these gases never react.
Why are Group 8A elements known as noble gases?
The grup 8 elemnts are quite unreactive- the term noble was I think coined for gold and other unreactive metals- and the adjective got re-used- they were once called the inert gases- but this is no longer true as unstable reactive compounds have been made for Argon and the heavier members of the group.
Why are the inert gases called by this term?
The Noble gases were known as inert gases because it was believed that they were completely unreactive. This is no longer true as scientists have discovered compounds containing noble gas elements.
