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Which of the following elements does NOT form a monatomic ion?

sodium
nitrogen
helium
oxygen

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Helium doesn't form a monatomic atom.
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Answer:

Helium

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, Helium is the only one in that list that belongs to the noble gases (group 18 of the periodic table).

This gases have the characteristic of being stable in a monoatomic molecule

Why? Becuase they have their last atomic level with a completed octet of electrons and cause of that, they don't have the need to gain, lose or share electrons with other atoms.

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