Why wont helium and neon react well with other atoms?

Answer 1

Neon is a nonreactive Nobel gas that has a full valance shell with 8 electrons in it. It does not " need " to either give or receive electrons into it's valance shell to complete it's octet, so it is inert.

Answer 2

neon is unreactive because it has a full outer shell of electrons and therefore doesnt need to combine with other elements to gain or have a share in a full outer shell of electrons. after all the only reason elements combine is to have a share in or gain a full outer shell of electrons

Answer 3

The primary reason neon will not want to bond with other elements is because it has a full valence shell. Neon is an inert or noble gas, and, like the other inert gases, they have full valence and will generally not want to form chemical bonds.

Answer 4

Under normal circumstances, it is unreactive because its outermost shell of electrons is completely full, this gives the 'noble gases' a stability which means they don't tend to form compounds with other elements.

However it is actually possible to make compounds of the noble gases under other circumstances - Oxygen and Fluorine are both reactive enough to do so. Neon is the least reactive of the noble gases however, and while it can become ionized into (NeAr)+ and (NeH)+, no true compound of Neon has been discovered so far.

Answer 5

Helium and neon are noble gases with full outer electron shells, making them stable and unreactive. Their electron configurations make it energetically unfavorable for them to gain or lose electrons to form chemical bonds with other atoms. This makes helium and neon chemically inert and highly unreactive with other elements.

Answer 6

Neon doesn't react with other elements because, since it is a noble gas, its outer electron orbital is full. Therefore, it does not want to gain or lose electrons to fill its outer orbital.

Answer 7

Helium and neon have completely filled orbitals, are stable and hence they do not react with other elements.