Are Noble Gas Compounds Possible?

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Noble gases, traditionally known as inert gases, can form compounds, particularly with the heavier noble gas xenon. While helium, argon, and neon are generally unreactive due to their full outer electron shells, xenon can form various compounds such as xenon difluoride (XeF2) and xenon tetrafluoride (XeF4). This indicates that noble gas compounds are indeed possible, albeit limited to specific conditions and heavier noble gases.

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Dear PF Forum,
Perhaps just yes/no answer would suffice. It's just out of curiosity and I can't find it on web. Or there are no answers :smile:
Are there no noble gas compound?
There are CH4, CO2, H2, O2 even O3
What about Helium, Argon, Neon? Are there really no compound with noble gas?
If there aren't, I think I can figure out why. The full electrons in outer layer?

Thanks for any replies

Steven
 
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