Yes. Only the valence shell will interact with other atoms. This is how different elements are different from eachother. The electrons under the valence shell are never touched. Yes. Only the valence shell will interact with other atoms. This is how different elements are different from eachother. The electrons under the valence shell are never touched.
The outer shells of atoms can hold more electrons because they have higher energy levels compared to inner shells. These outer shell electrons are farther from the nucleus and experience weaker attraction forces, allowing them to occupy a larger electron capacity.
Atoms whose outer electron shells contain eight electrons tend to be stable and do not easily form ionic bonds in aqueous solutions. This is because they have reached the stable configuration known as the octet rule. In most cases, atoms that form ionic bonds have outer electron shells that are not fully filled with eight electrons.
Ionic bonds help fill the outer shells of atoms by transferring electrons from one atom to another. This results in the atoms achieving a stable electron configuration similar to a noble gas.
Oxygen has two electron shells because it has eight electrons in total, with two in the first shell and six in the second shell. Atoms tend to fill their outermost electron shell to achieve stability, and oxygen does this by sharing electrons with other atoms or gaining electrons to fill its outer shell.
Atoms with fewer than 4 outer electrons tend to lose electrons to achieve a stable electron configuration rather than lend them. This results in the formation of positively charged ions. Atoms with 4 or more outer electrons tend to gain electrons to fill their outer electron shells and form negatively charged ions.
they add or loose electrons from the outer most shells
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They share electrons when they try and corm covalent or ionic bonds. This is because the atoms want to gain a full outer shell. So when they share electrons they can have full shells.
The outer shells of atoms can hold more electrons because they have higher energy levels compared to inner shells. These outer shell electrons are farther from the nucleus and experience weaker attraction forces, allowing them to occupy a larger electron capacity.
A covalent bond is formed when sharing electrons.
Neon, plus the other noble gasses, but these other noble gases also have additional electrons in outer shells.
The happy atoms are the noble gases. They don't react because their valence electron shells are full. The goal of every element is to have the most outer shell of electrons full. The first shell holds 2 electrons, and every shell after that holds 8 electrons. So helium and hydrogen both want to have 2 electrons in their outer shells. Elements like neon and argon have 8 electrons in their outer shells. Atoms like chlorine and fluorine have 7 electrons in their outer shells. This means that aren't "happy" because they want to have 8. This is why they ionically bond with atoms like sodium that have 1 electron in their outer shells. Sodium gives that electron to chlorine and now both have 8 electrons in their outer shells.
Atoms whose outer electron shells contain eight electrons tend to be stable and do not easily form ionic bonds in aqueous solutions. This is because they have reached the stable configuration known as the octet rule. In most cases, atoms that form ionic bonds have outer electron shells that are not fully filled with eight electrons.
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Ionic bonds help fill the outer shells of atoms by transferring electrons from one atom to another. This results in the atoms achieving a stable electron configuration similar to a noble gas.
More the number of shells in an atom, more away will be the electrons from the nucleus. Hence, weaker will be the attraction between nucleus and outermost electrons. So atom with more shells will let go their electrons easier than atoms with fewer shells.
These atoms are very stable and unreactive.