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which noble gas is least likely to change to a solid?

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  • 9 years ago
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    He. It is the lightest. So will have the least van der Waals forces or London forces.

    You would have to get it cold enough, but it just might---or not.

  • John
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    9 years ago

    The one least likely to become a solid is Helium. Helium has the lowest freezing point of all known materials - it exist as a gas down to 4K and becomes a solid at 0.95 K and only under extreme pressure of 2.5 MPa about 25 atmospheres of pressure.

  • 9 years ago

    the one with the largest number of electrons

    it has the strongest IMFs (London forces)

    http://www.kentchemistry.com/links/bonding/vdw.htm

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