Question

There is a group of unresponsive elements that require a great deal of effort to get them to react. Can you name these elements and explain why they are not reactive?

Answer 1

@Missiey

Answer 2

give me a sec

Answer 3

@Missiey ?

Answer 4

So unreactive elements will have full sets of electronic orbitals .. (at this point you probably only deal with "shells"). Atoms are stable (i.e. unreactive) when they have 8 electrons in their outer shell - \(\sf the ~octet ~rule\).

Elements that don't need to gain or lose electrons to achieve this electronic configuration are in group 8 (or 18), they are called noble gases.