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An article in Science News stated, "Noble gases are snobs." What did the author mean?

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Noble gases occupy the last group of the periodic table

They have fully filled valence electron shell

What this means is that they have attained stability and thus do not take part in chemical bonding that usually invloves the transfer or sharing of electrons

Thus, noble gases are snobs because they do not partake in chemical bonding with atoms of other elements or atoms of theirselves

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