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>You wrote: >> >>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 > >Here we go reinventing chemistry again - an octet of electrons in a >atom with an atomic #2, atomic wt 4 & an outer shell composed of 2 read >2 electrons? Come on - read, think before propagating fallacious >stuff. > >Yes it is a full shell, therefore it is inert - not noble. Noble >elements (metals) are Pt, Au, etc that are relatively inert. They do >not have full outer shells. > >Look up a chem book before writing nonsense. > > > > > P.S. You are completely and absolutely wrong. They are in fact "noble" gases. The designation "noble metals" refers to the chemical similarities of these metals, under some conditions, to the noble gases. Did you steal a ninth grade shemistry book and find the first page with "He" and base your sound reasoning on such an in depth analysis??? see other posts about octets, silly -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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