Lets take a moment to list all the characteristics of the group 18 (also known as noble gases and/or group 8) elements:
- They have 8 valence electrons.
- Don't need ANY more electrons because their octet is full (stable).
- Are stable
- Not reactive
- Known as the noble gases

Now.. lets take some time to think about why elements want to form ions:

Elements form ions to either gain or lose valence electrons to the element they bond with. This helps them GAIN a full octet. What is a full octet, you may ask? An octet is when an element has all 8 valence electrons and is stable, making it nonreactive.

Why would an element with a full octet want to bond? It already has a full octet, it does not need to bond.

That, my fellow Brainly user, is why the noble gases do not need to bond.

I really do hope this helps! Enjoy, and good luck on the studies.

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Phosphine, an extremely poisonous and highly reactive gas, will react with oxygen to form tetraphosphorus decaoxide and water. P

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Answer:

The mass of P₄O₁₀ (s) formed is 471.03 g

Explanation:

4PH₃(g) + 8O₂(g) → P₄O₁₀ (s) + 6H₂O (g)

This is the ballanced equation.

Every 4 moles of phosphine, 1 mol of tetraphosphorus decaoxide is generated.

Moles of PH₃ = Mass PH₃ / Molar mass PH₃

Moles PH₃ = 225 g / 33.9 g/m

Moles PH₃ = 6.63 moles

So the rule of three, will be:

If 4 moles of PH₃ generate 1 mol P₄O₁₀

Then, 6.63 moles of PH₃ generate (6.63 .1)/4 = 1.66 moles

If we want to know the mass:

Moles . Molar mass = mass

Molar mass P₄O₁₀ = 283.88 g/m

1.66m . 283.88 g/m = 471.03 g

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3 years ago