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Is nitrogen a noble gas?


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  1. Noble Gas: The elements situated in the 18 group of the periodic table are called a noble gas.
  2. The general outermost electronic configuration of noble gas is ns2np6.
  3. Noble gases follow the octet rule.
  4. The electronic configuration of nitrogen is 1s22s22p3, which is not a noble gas configuration.

Hence, nitrogen is not a noble gas.


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