Located on the far right side of the periodic table are the noble gases.

These elements, six of which can be found in nature, are unlike any other elements.

They don't play well with others, and they're pretty content to be by themselves.

Nonetheless, they found a unique place in technical products, industrial applications, and even spaceflight.

Learn more about the Noble Gases, aka The Anert Gas on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. The In the past I've done episodes on individual elements I could probably do a full episode on helium but once

you get beyond that it would be hard to do a full episode on the individual

noble gases so I figured I'd just lump them all together. But before I get into talking about the

individual elements I should probably briefly explain what makes inert gases

inert. Each column on the periodic table is called a group and what each group has in common is a valence number.

A valence number describes the number of electrons that are in the outermost

electron shell of an element.

For example, the alkali metal such as sodium, and lithium all have one

electron in their valence shell and they are on the far left of the periodic table. The

Halai group includes fluorine, chlorine, and iodine.

Every atom wants to have a complete outer valence shell.

Alkali metals want to give up an electron and halide elements want to take an

electron to fill their shells. Molecules are created by elements sharing electrons, and how they combine will depend on their valence electrons.

In the case of noble gases, they have a full set of electrons in their valence shell.

They have no desire to give or take electrons.

They're pretty good just as they are.

This full valence shell is why inert gases are inert.

It's very difficult for them to bind with anything,

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