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3 years ago

Explain why oxygen is a fairly reactive element while neon is not

Chemistry

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Blababa [14]3 years ago

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Answer:

Due to presence of unpaired electrons in outermost shell of oxygen, oxygen is a fairly reactive element while neon is not.

Explanation:

Lets look at the electronic configuration of both the elements.

Oxygen, a chalcogen, has EC as = $1s^{2}2s^{2}2p^{4}$

while, for Neon, a noble gas, EC is = $1s^{2}2s^{2}2p^{6}$

In neon, the outermost orbital p is completely filled while in oxygen it is partially filled, with 2 unpaired electrons.

<em>Thus the completely filled orbitals give extra stability to neon and thus less reactivity. In other case, oxygen has 2 unpaired electrons, unstable and has exchange energy, making it more reactive.</em>

Thus, oxygen is a fairly reactive element while neon is not..

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