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Give reason for chemical inertness of noble gases.

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They are completely filled `ns^(2)np^(6)` electronic configuration in their valence shell.
OR Have high ionisation enthalpy.
Or More positive electron gain enthalpy.
Or Stable octet electronic configuration in their valence shell.
Or Completely filled orbitals in their valence shell.
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OSWAAL PUBLICATION-P - BLOCK ELEMENTS-TOPIC - 4 (GROUP - 18 ELEMENTS, THEIR PROPERTIES AND SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS)(VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS)
  1. Name the main commercial source of helium.

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  2. Noble gases have very low boiling point. Why ?

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  3. Give reason for chemical inertness of noble gases.

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  4. Name the method used for isolation of noble gas mixture from air.

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  5. Why do boiling points of noble gases increase from helium to radon?

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  6. Why do not helium, neon and argon form chemical compounds.

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  7. What is the shape of XeF(6) molecule ?

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  8. Why has it been difficult to study the chemistry of radon ?

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  9. Helium and neon do not form compounds with fluorine. Why ?

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  10. Why are the elements of Group - 18 known as noble gases?

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  11. Neon is generally used for warning signals. Why ?

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  12. Why do noble gases form compounds with fluorine and oxygen only?

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  13. What prompted Bartlett to the discovery of noble gas compounds.

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  14. Noble gases have very high ionisation enthalpy. Why ?

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  15. Ionisation enthalpy decreases down the group in noble gases. Why ?

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  16. How does atomic radii changes in group - 18 elements ?

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  17. Noble gases have large positive values of electron gain enthalpy. Why ...

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  18. Name the first noble gas compound prepared by Neil Bartlett?

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  19. Give common names of noble gases.

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  20. How is XePtF(6) prepared ?

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