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If an atom has fewer than 4 electrons in its outer shell does it looses electrons gain electrons or both?
Culpepperac
The atom wants to have eight or full electrons in its outer valence ring... so if it has four electrons in its outer shell it has the choice of loosing four electrons or finding four electrons somewhere else (whichever is the easiest for it to bond with).
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Element bromine electrons outer shell?
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What number of electrons in the outer outer shell of Cl?
A chloride anion contains eight outer shell electrons, one more than the seven outer shell electrons found in a chlorine atom.
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Does argon has the same number of electrons in its outer shell as magnesium metal?
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How many electrons does does nitrogen and bromine have in the outer shell?
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How many electrons are in the outer shell of calcuim?
Calcium has two electrons in the outer shell.
Element bromine electrons outer shell?
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How many electrons does vandidum have on its outer shell?
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How many electrons does He and Ca have in its outer shell?
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How many electrons dose boron have in its outer shell?
Boron has three electrons in its outer shell
How many electrons are there in the outer shell of a neutral neon atom?
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Outer shell electrons are known as hybrid valence vector or transitional electrons?
outer shell electrons are knows as Valence Electrons
Why do some atoms gain electrons while other atoms lose electrons during ionic bonding?
The most stable electron configuration for any atom is to have a complete outer shell. For the smallest atoms, that can be no electrons at all (for H+) since no shell is equivalent to a complete shell, or just two electrons in the outer shell, such as for a helium atom, but for most elements that means 8 electrons in the outer shell. We then have atoms which have five or more electrons in their outer shell and therefore need three or less to complete their shell, and they tend to gain electrons because it is easier to gain three than it is to lose five. Similarly, there are atoms with three or fewer electrons in their outer shell, and they tend to lose electrons because it is easier to lose three than it is to gain five. In the middle we have an atom such as carbon, with four electrons it its outer shell; it can gain or lose electrons with equal ease.
How many electrons does the element B have in its outer shell?
Boron has 3 electrons in the outer shell and 2 electrons in the inner.
What number of electrons in the outer outer shell of Cl?
A chloride anion contains eight outer shell electrons, one more than the seven outer shell electrons found in a chlorine atom.
