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A stable arrangement of electrons in the outer shell is 8, but fluorine has only 7, that is why it is unstable. It needs another electron, desperately. No other element craves electrons as strongly as fluorine does.
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∙ 10y agoFlourine comes stable when the outershell is complete, this means it shares three electrons with other atoms. ex. Boron
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∙ 11y agoThere is a chemical reaction with another element causing Chlorine to gain an electron, thus becoming stable.
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∙ 12y agothe florine atom stays stable due to the number of electrons
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∙ 14y agofluorine must gain one electron
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∙ 13y agoGain 1 electron.
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How many number of bonding electrons does fluorine have?
Flourine is in Group XVII, which means that it has seven electrons in its outer shell. This means that it is only capable of forming single bonds.
Is Fluorine atomic number 9 stable?
No, fluorine gas (F2) is highly reactive and dangerous. Fluorine as an atom is worse, as it is the most electronegative atom in the entire periodic table of elements and thus has a very large tendency to gain one electron to attain stability.
What does chlorine need to become stable?
A chlorine atom needs one additional electron in order to become stable.
When potassium and fluorine bind what one will be the positive ion and which one will be the negative ion?
Potassium will be the the positive ion, and fluorine will be the negative ion because the potassium atom will give one electron to fluorine for they can both be stable. Fluorine will receive one electron from potassium and it will be stable because it has now 8 valence electrons. Giving is positive and receiving is negative. Hope this helps.
The element fluorine has 9 electrons which is the electron configuration for an atom of fluorine?
The electron configuration for an atom of fluorine is [He]2s2.2p5.
How many electrons would fluorine have to gain or lose too become stable?
Fluorine has 7 valence electrons. In order to become stable, Florine will share 1 electron with another atom to get 8 electron and become stable.
How many neutrons does fluorine atom have?
The stable isotope, Fluorine-19, has 10 neutrons.
How many protons in fluorine?
There are 9 protons and 9 electrons in a fluorine atom The only stable isotope has 10 neutrons
Why fluorine exist as a diatomic molecule?
Each fluorine atom has 7 electrons in its outer shell, but a setup of 8 outer shell electrons (called an octet) is stable. To get this octet a fluorine atom will form a single covalent bond with another fluorine atom. Each atom give one electron to be shared between the two.
How many valence electrons will result in chemical stability for an atom?
An atom requires 8 valence electrons to be chemically stable. The elements with 8 valence electrons are the Noble Gases, and they are both stable and largely unreactive.
Why does potassium atom become positively charged and fluorine becomes negatively charged?
Potassium only needs to lose on electron (gain a positive charge) to have the same electron structure as Argon and thus very stable. Similarly, fluorine only needs to gain one electron (become negatively charged) to gain the very stable Neon structure.
What type of atom is an atom with 9 protons 9 neutrons and 10 electrons?
It isn't an atom, it would actually be a stable Fluorine Ion with a -1 charge.
How does a atom become stable?
When the atom has 8 valence electrons.
How many number of bonding electrons does fluorine have?
Flourine is in Group XVII, which means that it has seven electrons in its outer shell. This means that it is only capable of forming single bonds.
What is a subatomic breakdown for fluorine?
Fluorine has atomic number 9, which means it contains 9 protons in the atomic nucleus. A neutral fluorine atom also has 9 protons. Fluorine has only one stable isotope, which has 10 neutrons.
Is Fluorine atomic number 9 stable?
No, fluorine gas (F2) is highly reactive and dangerous. Fluorine as an atom is worse, as it is the most electronegative atom in the entire periodic table of elements and thus has a very large tendency to gain one electron to attain stability.
Is a carbon or a fluoride atom more reactive?
Fluoride is an ion; it is basically fluorine that has already reacted. As such it is fairly stable. Elemental fluorine is much more reactive that carbon.
