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Q.Noble gases have very low boiling points. Why?

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Step 1 — Nature of noble gas atoms.

Because noble gas atoms have completely filled shells and essentially no tendency to share or transfer electrons, they do not form covalent or ionic bonds with one another; they remain as free, monoatomic particles.

Step 2 — Type of intermolecular force.

The only attraction between neighbouring noble gas atoms is weak van der Waals (London dispersion) force, arising from instantaneous, temporary dipoles induced by electron cloud fluctuations.

Step 3 — Consequence for boiling point. …

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