Answer:
Hydrogen
Explanation:
The noble gas helium is found in the first period in the periodic table. The only element that is also in that period is hydrogen.
Now, helium has two electrons in its outermost shell. It is the first member among the noble gases.
Each hydrogen atom has only one electron. Therefore, when two hydrogen atoms are joined by a singe covalent bond to form hydrogen gas, each hydrogen atom now has two electrons thereby attaining the electronic configuration of helium, the nearest noble gas to hydrogen.
