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Chlorine is more likely to try an empty its outermost orbital by losing electrons or fill its outermost orbital by gaining electrons?
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Chlorine is MUCH more likely to fill its outermost orbital by gaining electrons.
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How many electrons are in the outermost orbital of chlorine?
chlorine has 7 valence electrons.
What bond forms when one atom with many electrons in its outermost orbital takes an electron from another atom which has few electrons in its outermost orbital?
ionic bond
Do valence electron equal the number of protons?
The number of electrons usually does not equal the number of protons. Valence means outermost. In an electrically neutral atom (which in Gen Chem is the only atoms you will be dealing with) the number of outermost electrons usually does not equal the number of protons. Chlorine has 7 valence electrons but it has 17 protons and if it is electrically neutral (which in gen chem it almost always is) it has 17 electrons. Gen Chem 1: it has 2 electrons in the first shell then it has 8 electrons in the second shell then it has 7 electrons in the outermost shell Gen Chem 2: it has 2 electrons in the 1s orbital then it has 2 electrons in the 2s orbital then it has 6 electrons in the 2p orbital then it has 2 electrons in the 3s orbital then it has 5 electrons in the 3p orbital
Is Q the inner orbital for electrons?
No, Q is the outermost orbital. K is the first one.
In what orbital are the valence electrons in chlorine?
The valence electrons are in the 3p shell. Chlorine principally bonds by gaining 1 electron into the 3p orbital, giving 3p6 and a chlorine ion with a (-1) charge. This gives an ionic bond eg sodium chloride. However it can share electrons in the 3p and 3d shell, as in chlorates, to from 3 covalent bonds.
How many inner electrons are in the element Oxygen?
Oxygen has 2 electrons in the innermost orbital and 6 in the outermost (valence) orbital.
What determines the group an element is placed in?
The number of electrons in the outermost orbital.
Why copper have 2 values?
It has two valency electrons in its outermost orbital.
Which electrons of an tom are the valence electrons?
The outermost most weakly bound electrons are those that form bonds. These are those generally in the outermost shell. However in say transition metals the electrons in the outer s orbital and the d orbital of the shell below are involved.
What are valence electrons and how do they relate to the noble gases?
Valence electrons are electrons in the outermost shell (or outermost energy level or outermost orbital) in an atom. Noble gases have 8 valence electrons. But helium (a noble gas) has only 2 valence electrons.
Can a stable atom have an orbital which has three electrons?
Yes, if the orbital is the outermost one that includes the valence electrons. Aluminum, for example, is such an atom, as is boron.
What is the Bohr configuration for chlorine?
17 protons and 18 neutrons in the nucleus 2 electrons in the first orbital. 8 electrons in the second orbital. 7 electrons in the third orbital.
