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Helium already has a full valence shell. Because the first orbital holds two, and the second orbital holds eight...Helium is already filling the first shell with its two electrons, and it has no more electrons to spill into the second orbital, therefore it's one and only shell is full.

Hydrogen tends to gain one electron in order to fill its outermost energy level. Hydrogen only has one, but it needs two to fill it's valence shell, so it will gain one.

Long story short, helium is already full (that's why it's in the noble gas group) and hydrogen tends to gain one electron, and form a negative ion.

No honey it has a number and that is 2 duh!!

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