Why are noble gases so unreactive?
Question asked by: mrquestion
Asked on: 18 Dec 2009
Noble gases are very unreactive because they are very stable.
And they are very stable because of the electronic configuration of their atoms.
Basically the electrons that are furthest away from the nucleus are those that will define how reactive an element is and a noble gas has a full outer shell. This means that therefore it is hard to make them react.
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In addition to the above points, noble gases have very high ionization energies.
By: psahu63
Date of comment: Sun, Sep 5th 2010
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Date of comment: Sun, Sep 5th 2010
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