Chapter 8, Problem 8.67QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The reason, why noble gases tend to neither give up electrons nor accept additional electrons has to be explained.

Concept Introduction:

Noble gases are inert gases with completely filled electronic configuration. Helium, neon, argon, xenon, krypton, and radon are the noble gases.

Group 8A in the periodic table contains 8 valence electrons and the outer electronic configuration of noble gases is ${\text{ns}}^{\text{2}}{\text{np}}^6$.

Effective nuclear charge $Z_{\text{eff}}$ is the net nuclear charge experienced by an electron when the whole nuclear charge and the shielding of other electrons are considered.