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It can be chemically inactive if the outer electron shell, or ring, has 8 electrons on it. For example, most of the noble gases have 8 electrons on the outer electron shell, such as neon.

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It really is when the outer shell of the atom is complete:

In case of the first shell it would need 2electrons to be complete.

In case of the second shell it would need 8 electrons to be complete.

In case of the third shell it would need 18 electrons to be complete.

In case of the fourth shell it would need 32 electrons to be complete.

that's what I think it is. Hope it's useful ! :)

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