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What are atoms with a complete or closed outer shell called?
Stable atoms.
What are atoms with complete closed outer shell?
The noble gases
Atoms that have a tendency to complete their outer shell or energy level is called?
the octet rule
Atoms have a tendency to complete their outer shell or energy level This is known as?
The Octet Rule
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 atoms are in the outer Shell of carbon?
there are four electrons on the outer shell of carbon..
What type of bond would likely form with Helium and Helium atoms?
No bond at all, He has a complete outer shell
A set of 8 valence electrons is called?
This is called an "octet" of electrons. It could also be called a "closed shell", since it is characteristic of the outer shell of noble gas atoms.
Why are group 8 nobel gases the most stable?
Noble gases have complete octet / duptet (in case of Helium) which makes them inert to bond making. They have a full outer shell, so thus do not have to give or take an electron, and are the most stable because all atoms want a full outer shell, and these atoms in group 8 all have a full outer shell.
How many electrons are shared between carbon and oxygen to complete the outer electron shell of all three atoms?
enoughh :L
What are atoms valence electrons?
the electrons on their outer shell, all atoms want to gain a full valence shell.
Why do atoms share electrons?
They share electrons when they try and corm covalent or ionic bonds. This is because the atoms want to gain a full outer shell. So when they share electrons they can have full shells.
