All noble gases have only one type of atom
Because a chlorine atom only needs one more electron to achieve a noble gas configuration.
Not a neutral Cl atom but the chloride ion Cl- is isoelectronic with the noble gas argon.
Chlorine will have a noble gas configuration by accepting one electron from a sodium atom to form an ionic bond. This results in chlorine gaining a full outer electron shell, similar to the noble gas configuration of argon.
For example one atom of helium, one atom of argon etc.; all atoms contain a nucleus (formed from protons and neutrons) and a cloud of electrons.
The sodium atom (Na) has 11 electrons. The electron configuration of sodium is 2-8-1. The third noble gas shell is the second energy level or shell, which can hold a maximum of 8 electrons. Therefore, the number of electrons in the third noble gas shell of sodium is 1.
A bromine atom (Br) needs to gain one electron to achieve a full outer shell of electrons like a noble gas. This would give it the electron configuration of the noble gas krypton (Kr).
Krypton is a noble gas. Atomic number of it is 36. It has 36 protons.
Every halogen has the capacity to accept one electron from a sodium atom and to thereby achieve a noble gas electron configuration of eight valance electrons. The halogens are fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine.
The element that will have a noble gas configuration after donating one electron to fluorine is lithium. By donating one electron, lithium achieves the electron configuration of helium, which is a noble gas.
An oxygen atom only forms two covalent bonds with a hydrogen atom because oxygen needs to gain two electrons to achieve a stable electron configuration, similar to the noble gas configuration. By sharing one electron with each hydrogen atom, oxygen can fulfill its octet and achieve stability.
There are no noble gases in the first energy level. Noble gases are found in the last (highest) energy level of an atom. The first energy level can only hold a maximum of 2 electrons, while the noble gases have completely filled outermost energy levels.
Chlorine has only one half-filled orbital. This means that it can only bond with one other atom.