Answer
Noble gases are excluded from Table 6.2 (Electronegativity values) because they do not form many compounds, or in other words, they rarely react. Consequently, a value of how strongly noble gases pull on electrons is not easily deduced. Although Pauling's scale does not assign a value for noble gases, other electronegativity scales do.
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Noble gases are excluded from Table 6.2 (Electronegativity values) because they do not form many compounds, or in other words, they rarely react. Consequently, a value of how strongly noble gases pull on electrons is not easily deduced. Although Pauling's scale does not assign a value for noble gases, other electronegativity scales do.
