Halogens
they are stable
Not really. Argon is a Nobel gas with a full valance octet; 8 valance electrons that do not need to accept or donate electrons to be '' happy. ''
A full octet, valance shell. A valance shell with eight electrons, such as the Nobel gases have, doe not need to donate or accept electrons into or out of the valance shell to be stable.
Valance electrons means that the element has not reached the octet configuration and is therefore reactive the reactivity depends on the no. of valance electrons the more valance electrons the more unstable the atom is and the more reactive it is.The gasses like helium neon xenon are all inert which means they have an octet configuration and have no delocalised or valance electrons.
The word "valance" is used to describe electrons in the outer-most energy level of an atom. Oxygen has six valance electrons.
The Noble Gas Family because they have all 8 valance electrons and are therefore stable
valence electrons are the remaining electrons after which an atom has attains its octate level
There are 27 valance electrons.
2 valance electrons
Iodine has 7 valance electrons
None. The alkaline earth metals have a valance of 2 and the 6A nonmetals have a valance of 6. So the alkaline earth's donate two electrons and the 6A's accept 2 electrons. MgO CaS by example
Yes. The noble gasses are very stable because they have 8 valance electrons. They rarely react. However, oxygen only has 6 valance electrons, so it wants two more. It will most likely react with a group II metal to gain the 2 electrons.