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The valence electrons.
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Describe the type of electron configuration that makes an atom stable and not likely to react?
When the highest occupied energy level of an atom is filled with electrons, the atom is stable and not likely to react.
What type of bond would be formed between a carbon atom and a helium atom?
Helium will not react with carbon as helium is chemically inert.
How do you determine the type of hybridization of the central atom by relating it to the molecular geometry?
check valence electron
What are the answers to section 6.1 ionic bonding?
describe the type of electron configuration that makes a atom stable and not likely to react
EXPLAIN why it is not possible to determine the type of atom by knowing the charge of the atom?
Because charge only reveals the number of valence electrons of an atom while the identity of an atom also relies on the number of non-valence electrons.
What do protons determine about an element?
The protons of an element determine the atomic number, also known as the proton number. Do not confuse this with mass number which is the number of protons and neutrons.
What type of atom or molecule is lamppost?
What type of atom or molecule is in lamppost
What form of atom is made from only one type of atom?
Elements are made from one type of atom.
What determins an element?
You can determine what element an atom is by it's amount of sub-atomic particles and their positions. Every element has a different amount of electrons, so that is the easiest way to determine what type an atom is. If you wanted to determine it more broadly, for example, which group an element was in, you could just count the amount of electrons in the outer shell, as each group is unique in this way.
Why doesnt the number of protons change for a single element while the neutrons and electrons can?
The protons don't change because if the number of protons changes, the type of element the atom is changes. The number of protons determine the species of the atom.
What type of stimulus do thermoreceptors react?
Thermoreceptors react to variation in temperature.
Do many elements have the same type of atom?
By definition, an element is a substance with only one type of atom. So no, each element has its own type of atom.
