Why are noble gases so stable?
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Noble gases are extremely stable for chemical reasons, or more precisely, chemical bond reasons.
Electrons naturally move into favourable locations or orbits around the nucleus which loosely form certain shells; some configurations are more stable than others - a full shell or empty shell being much more stable than one which is partially full.
The noble gases have an outer electron shell that is full and therefore they are very stable as there is less attraction for them to react to form a more stable nucleus.
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