8 electrons and yes, the Octet rule states this
Yes, in magnesium chloride, both the magnesium atom and the two chlorine atoms have complete outer electron shells of eight electrons.
Atoms gain, share, or lose electrons to try and become more stable. Atoms will gain, share, or lose electrons until they have a stable 8 valence electrons in their outer shell which is called an octet, which is stated in the octet rule. See the attached links for information on the octet rule.
Atoms with outer electron shells that contain 8 electrons tend to be stable and chemically in reactive, or inert.
Chemical bonding is driven by several different mechanisms by which atoms obtain more stable arrangements of their outer electron shells. The basic rule is, complete outer shells are more stable. The smallest atoms can have complete outer shells with just two electrons (or even with zero electrons, in the case of hydrogen) but most atoms require eight electrons in the outer shell (which is known as the octet rule). Atoms can either share electrons with other atoms (forming covalent bonds or in the case of metals, metallic bonds) or exchange electrons with other atoms (forming ionic bonds). In minerals, most of the bonds are ionic. Atoms with too many electrons give excess electrons to atoms with too few electrons and they both become more stable, and also acquire electrical charges. They then attract each other, due to their electrical charges (opposite charges attract, as stated by Coulomb's Law) and that is how they connect to form minerals or other compounds.
Because the shell can only hold eight electrons. check
they add or loose electrons from the outer most shells
Atoms are trying achieve a stable electronic configuration i.e., stable arrangement of electrons in their electron shells. All configurations are not stable. Mostly stable configuration is attained by forming an octet of electrons in outer most shell. Sometimes octet rule is violated also.
Yes, in magnesium chloride, both the magnesium atom and the two chlorine atoms have complete outer electron shells of eight electrons.
Atoms gain, share, or lose electrons to try and become more stable. Atoms will gain, share, or lose electrons until they have a stable 8 valence electrons in their outer shell which is called an octet, which is stated in the octet rule. See the attached links for information on the octet rule.
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.
Octet Rule: In order for atoms to become more stable, they will take electrons, lose electrons, or share electrons so that their outer shell/level will contain eight electrons and be complete.
The table was organized so that elements of similar properties are in the same group. What (partly) determines reactivity is the number of electrons an atom has in it's ground state. . Within the atom electrons are organized in shells. Atoms are stable when they have 8 electrons in their outer shell (for hydrogen and helium it is 2 electrons.) . Elements of: Group 18 have 8 electrons in their outer shells Group 17 have 7 electrons in their outer shells Group 16 have 6 electrons in their outer shells Group 15 have 5 electrons in their outer shells Group 14 have 4 electrons in their outer shells Group 13 have 3 electrons in their outer shells Groups 3-12 have varied number of electrons in their outer shells Group 2 have 2 electrons in their outer shells Group 1 have 1 electron in their outer shells
Atoms do not actually have desires as such, although the metaphor can be useful. Atoms are more stable when they have a full outer electron shell. The smaller atoms, hydrogen, helium, lithium, and beryllium, can obtain a full outer shell with only two electrons in it. The heavier atoms require 8 electrons to have a full outer shell. That is known as the octet rule (an octet is a set of eight).
A covalent bond is formed when sharing electrons.
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 with outer electron shells that contain 8 electrons tend to be stable and chemically in reactive, or inert.
Chemical bonding is driven by several different mechanisms by which atoms obtain more stable arrangements of their outer electron shells. The basic rule is, complete outer shells are more stable. The smallest atoms can have complete outer shells with just two electrons (or even with zero electrons, in the case of hydrogen) but most atoms require eight electrons in the outer shell (which is known as the octet rule). Atoms can either share electrons with other atoms (forming covalent bonds or in the case of metals, metallic bonds) or exchange electrons with other atoms (forming ionic bonds). In minerals, most of the bonds are ionic. Atoms with too many electrons give excess electrons to atoms with too few electrons and they both become more stable, and also acquire electrical charges. They then attract each other, due to their electrical charges (opposite charges attract, as stated by Coulomb's Law) and that is how they connect to form minerals or other compounds.