Definitions for "Noble Gas"
Keywords:  helium, xenon, neon, inert, krypton
Gases whose outermost electron shells are completely filled with electrons. Such gases are extremely stable and it is difficult to coerce them to form compounds with other elements. There are six noble gasses: helium( ), neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon. This group of elements were originally known as the inert gasses, but in the early 1960s it was found to be possible to combine krypton, xenon, and radon with fluorine to create compounds. Although helium, neon, and argon continue to resist, there is an increasing trend to refer to this group of gasses as noble rather than inert.
Group 8A element
any element from Group VIIIA of the periodic table; the and sublevels of their outermost energy level are filled (except helium with only 2 electrons in the 1); also known as inert gases because they are very unreactive.