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1
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What is the symbol of the proton?

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P

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What is the symbol of a neutron?

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n

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3
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What is the symbol of an electron?

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e-

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4
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What is the relative mass of a proton?

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1

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5
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What is the relative mass of a neutron?

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1

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6
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What is the relative mass of an electron?

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1 / 1840

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7
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What is the relative charge of a proton?

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+1

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8
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What is the relative charge of a neutron?

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0

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9
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What is the relative charge of an electron?

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-1

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10
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Where are protons located in the atom?

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In the nucleus of the atom

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11
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Where are neutrons located in the atom?

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In the nucleus of the atom

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12
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Where are electrons located in the atom?

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In energy levels surrounding the nucleus

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13
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What does the nucleus contain?

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Protons and neutrons

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14
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What is the atomic number?

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The number of protons and electrons

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15
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What is the mass number?

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The number of protons + number of neutrons

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16
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What are isotopes?

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Different forms of the same element with different masses

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17
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What do all isotopes contain?

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The same number of protons

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18
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What is the relative isotopic mass?

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The mass of an atom of an isotope compared with 1/12th the mass of an atom of carbon-12

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19
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Why is the mass number and relative isotopic not always the same?

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Because the isotopic mass number is not always a whole number as it is relative to the mass of carbon-12.

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20
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What is the relative atomic mass?

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The weighted mean mass of an atom of an element compared to 1/12 of the mass of an atom of carbon-12.

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21
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What is the difference between the atomic mass and the isotopic mass?

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The isotopic mass is from 1 isotope, whereas the atomic mass is taken from all the isotopes

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22
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What does a mass spectrometer measure?

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The masses of atoms and molecules

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23
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What is the molecular ion peak?

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The peak with the highest mass:intensity ratio on the spectrum

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24
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What are quantam shells?

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Well-defined energy levels that

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25
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Where is the 1st quantam shell located?

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In the region closest to the nucleus

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26
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What is the relative molecular mass?

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The average mass of a molecule or formula, compared to 1/12 the mass of carbon-12

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27
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How do you work out the relative atomic mass of an element from its isotopic abundances?

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1) Multiply each relative isotopic mass by its % abundance and add up the results
2) Divide by 100

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28
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What is a mass spectra produced by?

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Mass spectrometers

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29
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List 2 things that mass spectrometers can tell us:

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  • The relative isotopic mass

- The abundances of different elements

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30
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What does ‘m/z’ stand for?

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The mass/charge ratio

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31
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What do electrons move round the nucleus in?

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Quantum shells

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32
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Which have higher energy levels, shells near or far from the nucleus?

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Shells far from the nucleus

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33
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What do subshells contain?

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Different numbers of orbitals, which can hold up to 2 electrons

34
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How many orbitals does an s sub shell contain?

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1

35
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How many orbitals does a p sub shell contain?

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3

36
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How many orbitals does a d sub shell contain?

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5

37
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How many orbitals does an f sub shell contain?

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7

38
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How many electrons are in shell 1?

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2

39
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How many electrons are in shell 2?

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8

40
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How many electrons are in shell 3?

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18

41
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How many electrons are in shell 4?

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32

42
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What is an orbital?

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The bit of space that an electron moves in

43
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What is spin-pairing?

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When the electrons in each orbital have to spin in opposite directions

44
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What shape are s-orbitals?

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Spherical

45
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What shape are p-orbitals?

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Dumbell

46
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What angles are the 3 p-orbitals at to each other?

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At right angles

47
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Do electrons fill orbitals singly or pair up?

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They fill orbitals singly first

48
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What do electrons fill up first?

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The lowest energy subshells

49
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What fills up first, the 4s subshell or the 3d subshell?

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The 4s subshell

50
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What is the s-block of the periodic table?

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Groups 1 + 2

51
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What is the d-block of the periodic table?

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The transition metals

52
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What is the p-block of the periodic table?

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Groups 3 to 7

53
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What is electromagnetic radiation?

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Energy that’s transmitted as waves

54
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As you go along the EM radiation, what does the radiation increase in?

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Frequency

55
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If an atoms’s electrons take in energy from the surroundings, what happens?

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They can move to higher energy levels further from the nucleus

56
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How do electrons release energy?

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By dropping from higher energy levels to a lower one

57
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What does an emission spectrum show you?

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The frequencies of light emitted when electrons drop down energy levels

58
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As the number of energy levels increases, what decreases?

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The distance between the set of lines on the emission spectra

59
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What are the 4 basic principles about electron shells?

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  • Electrons Only exist in fixed orbits of shells
  • Each shell has a fixed energy
  • Radiation has a fixed frequency
  • When an electron moves between shells, EM radiation is emitted or absorbed
60
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Are energy levels discrete or continuous?

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Discrete

61
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What does ‘discrete’ mean?

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There is no in-between stage

62
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What is the 1st ionisation energy?

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The energy needed to remove 1 electron from each ato in 1 mole of gaseous atoms to form 1 mole of gaseous 1+ atoms

63
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What are the 3 factors that affect ionisation energy?

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  • Nuclear charge
  • Electron shell
  • Shielding
64
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How does nuclear charge affect ionisation energy?

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The more protons there are in the nucleus, the stronger the atrraction to the electrons

65
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How does the elctron shell affect ionisation energy?

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Attraction falls off rapidly with distance

66
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How does shielding affect ionisation energy?

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As the number of electrons between the outer electrons and nucleus increases, the outer electrons feel less attraction to the nucleus.

67
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What does a high ionisation energy mean?

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There is a strong attraction between the electronq and the nucleus, so more energy is needed to overcome the attraction and remove the nucleus

68
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As you go down a group in the periodic table, what happens to the ionisation energies?

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They fall

69
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What is the 2nd ionsiation energy?

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The energy needed to remove 1 electron from each ion in 1 mole of gaseous 1+ ions to form 1 moles of gaseous 2+ ions

70
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What is the equation for the nth ionsiation energy?

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X^n+1 —> X^n+ +e-

71
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What happens to the atomic radius as you go across a period?

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It decreases

72
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Does the ionisation energy increase or decrease as you go across a period?

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It increases

73
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What is the drop in ionsiation energy between groups 5 and 6 due to?

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-The electron repulsion

74
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As you go across a period, what happens to the type of bond formed between the atoms of the element?

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The type of bond changes

75
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As the type of bond changes as you go across a period, what does this affect?

A

The melting and boiling point trend

76
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For metals, what happens to the melting and boiling point as you go across a period?

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They increase

77
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What happens to the metallic bonds in metals as you go across a period?`

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They get stronger

78
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Why do the metallic bonds in metals get stronger as you go across a period?

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The metal ions have an increasing number of delocalised electrons and decreasing radius, so there is a stronger attraction between the metal ions and the electrons

79
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Why do carbon and silicon have high melting and boiling points?

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Giant covalent lattice, meaning they have strong covalent bonds.

80
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Why do the elements with simple molecular structures have low melting and boiling points?

A

London forces are easily overcome as they are weak

81
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Why do the noble gases have low melting and boiling points?

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They exist as individual atoms, resulting in weak London forces

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