It has 6 electrons in it's valance shell and needs 2 more electrons in it's valance shell to become stable. Some atoms, phosphorous for instance ( valance # 5 ), can reach deeper into their valance shell and make additional covalent bonds.
All atoms are more stable when their outer most electron shell (valance shell also refered to as a valance orbital but it is slightly different) is full of electrons. Non metals generally have almost full valance shells and it takes less energy to gain a few electrons to reach the stable full outer shell than to lose many electrons to form a stable full outer shell. Take F as an example - it has 7 electrosn in its outermost shell and this shell can fit 8. It will accept 1 electron more easily than losing 7.
It will gain an electron so that it can complete a full outer shell of 8 electrons.
No, the atoms in a covalent bond are shared between atoms and even when the sharing is not equal, polar covalent bonds, it is still sharing and not electron is pulled into another elements valance shell.
Valence electrons are the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom. The ones in the inner shell are known as core electrons.
There is one electron in sodium's valance shell.
Valance electrons.
It has 6 electrons in it's valance shell and needs 2 more electrons in it's valance shell to become stable. Some atoms, phosphorous for instance ( valance # 5 ), can reach deeper into their valance shell and make additional covalent bonds.
7. there is 17 electrons, 2 in the first shell, 8 in the second and 7 in the third
This electron is a valance electron.
The valance shell is important in chemical reactions, as it is the valance electrons which are gained/lost during reactions. An atoms valance electron configuration is what largely determines its chemical reactivity.
K shell.
Valence electrons are the outermost electrons in an atom, and they determine the atom's chemical properties. Atoms with a full valence shell of electrons tend to be stable because they have a lower energy state. Atoms will gain, lose, or share electrons to achieve a full valence shell, which increases their stability.
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.
Well according to the octet rule the a compound must have 8 valance electrons to be stable.
outermost
Yes, all carbon atoms have 6 protons in their nucleus, which defines them as carbon. However, carbon atoms can have different numbers of neutrons which create isotopes of carbon with varying atomic masses.