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2. They are inert in nature and do not react with any other
elements (or themselves) to form any chemical compounds.
3. The diagram above shows the first four elements of Noble Gas.
We can see that the outer most shell (valence shell) of Helium
has 2 electrons. We call this duplet electron arrangement.
4. The maximum number of electrons can be filled in the first shell
is 2 electrons, which means 2 electrons in the first shell is
considered FULL.
7. This explains why noble gases are reluctant to react with all
other elements.