Chemistry
Give reasons for the following:
Electron affinity of noble gas elements is zero.
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Noble gas elements have completely filled outer-shell. Such electronic configurations are highly stable and as such noble gases find it difficult to accept electrons. Thus electron affinity of noble gas elements is zero.
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