Why don't the inert gases easily react with other elements?

Arecipe calls for 1.2 cups of oil. how many liters of oil is this?

To apply in a gold the individual gold atoms are united to each other by means of a metallic bond. how would you use the gold block to determine the atomic radius of a gold atom?

Liquid from a brewery fermentation contains 10% ethanol and 90% water. part of the fermentation product (50,000 kg/h) is pumped to a distillation column on the factory site. under current operating conditions, a distillate of 45% ethanol and 55% water is produced from the top of the column at a rate of one-tenth that of the feed. what is the composition of the waste "bottoms" from the still?