because it only has one orbital
Helium ions can be synthesized by removing electrons from a helium atom and it would need a tremendous energy.
Hydrogen and helium only need two valence electrons to achieve stability because they aim to fill their outer electron shell, which is the first shell that can accommodate a maximum of two electrons. Hydrogen has one electron and can bond with another hydrogen atom to complete its shell, while helium already has two electrons and is stable as is, fulfilling the criteria of the "duet rule" for these light elements. This contrasts with heavier elements that follow the octet rule, requiring eight electrons for stability.
It is the most stable element in the universe and does not need anymore electrons. Its outermost energy level is full.
Hydrogen is an atom that does not need 8 electrons in its outer energy level to be stable. Hydrogen only needs 2 electrons to fill its outer energy level.
8 valance electron
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.
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. ''
Helium and hydrogen and group 3 to 12 got 2 valence electron
The atomic number of an element tells us that atom's number of protons. If the atom is neutral, its number of protons is going to equal its number of electrons. Thus, we need only find the element with the atomic number of 2, which is helium.
Electrons are shared- giving each atom a share of 8 electrons. Note that this "rule" does not work for hydrogen as only two electrons need to be shared to give each H atom the electronic configuration of He, helium.
Yes that is true for the first 20 elements, except helium and hydrogen which needs 2 valance electrons to be complete. After 20, things change, but we don't need to worry about it at the basic level.
sodium must lose 1 electron, helium is a noble gas it is in group 8 check your periodic table, sufide ion must gain 2 electrons