It means that the species has completely filled valence orbitals.
How would Mg change to gain a noble gas structure?
Yes it does. Each fluorine shares one electron with oxygen. So fluorine as well as oxygen will have 8 valence electrons.
In a molecule of hydrogen chloride (HCl), the hydrogen atom attains a noble gas electron structure by sharing its electron with the chlorine atom, which attains a noble gas structure through the addition of the shared electron. The resulting electron structure mimics that of a noble gas (helium for hydrogen and argon for chlorine), fulfilling the octet rule for both atoms.
Krypton (Kr) has the same Lewis structure as Se2. Both molecules have 16 valence electrons arranged in a linear structure with a single covalent bond.
Yes, the electron structure of a zinc ion (Zn2+) achieves a pseudo noble gas configuration by losing two electrons to have a full outer shell, similar to a noble gas configuration. This stable electron configuration is in line with the octet rule, making it an example of pseudo noble gas formation.
A calcium atom must lose 2 electrons to achieve a noble gas structure, as it will then have the same electron configuration as argon, a noble gas. This loss of electrons allows the calcium atom to have a full outermost electron shell, giving it greater stability.
Atoms will gain, lose, or share electrons to match the number of outer shell electrons of a noble gas.
Barium, a group 2 metal, would lose two electrons to achieve a stable noble gas structure like xenon. This would result in a full valence shell and stability, similar to a noble gas atom.
It depends on what you mean by great. If you mean most massive, then radon has the biggest naturally occurring ones. ( However element 118 has been made artificially). If you mean the most common, then it is argon.
No, it is a noble gas
What relationship exists between the electron structure of Group IA ion and the electron structure of the nearest Noble Gas?
To attain a noble gas electron structure, a nitrogen atom must gain three electrons, not lose five. Nitrogen is in group 15, so it has five valence electrons. By gaining three electrons, it can achieve a stable octet like the noble gas neon.