Tuesday, March 19, 2013

the atomic number of argon is 18. will argon tend to form bonds with other elements? please explain your answer.nope

Argon is a very unreactive element as it already has a
full outer shell.


Here is the concept of electron shells
for elements:


An element would have a full inner or first
shell with a maximum of two electrons. The second shell would have a maximum of eight
shells, as with the third shell too and so on. If an element does not have full electron
shells, it would either give or take electrons (ionic bonding) or share electrons
(covalent bonding).


Argon has an atomic number of 18 which
means that it has 18 electrons. This means that it has a full outer shell and thus would
not have to bond or share with other elements to gain or lose any more electrons. Argon
is one of the six unreactive elements which have full outer shells: helium, neon, argon,
krypton, xenon and radon, which are the noble gases in Group VIII of the periodic
table.

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