Why does EN for noble gases exclude helium and neon?

Subject: Why does EN for noble gases exclude helium and neon?

Date: Thu Nov 18 10:05:46 1999
Posted by Melinda Johnson
Grade level: undergrad School: Fresno State University
City: No city entered. State/Province: CA Country: No country entered.
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 942937546.Ch

Message:



I saw a chart that listed EN for some noble gases excluding helium and
neon.  Why is that?  I thought that noble gases' EN was 0 due to their
stableness in valence electrons.   Could you explain to me the reason?

Thanks,
Melinda Johnson
Fresno State University

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