If any of you had ever looked up from trying to see up your lab partners skirt during chemistry class, you might have learned that He is a noble gas and is monatomic except under extreme conditions (ie the surface of the sun, etc.). In fact its noble gas attributes, namely a filled outer octet of electrons is exaclty why it is so unreactive, does not covalently bond to itself or other atoms, and is so useful as an inert, non-narcotic substitute for nitrogen. you really should have known -Devin rockets are for engineers, leave science to scientists -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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