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Have to agree with Devin here.

J. Devin MacKenzie wrote:

> >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
>
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