atoms tend to gain,lose,and share valence electrons until each atom had the same number of valence electrons as the
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That's a wide open question. What choices do you have?
outermost shell holds maybe ?
like maybe
If the outer shell holds 8, like Li to Ne, the second row in the periodic table
Li can lose one (Li+) to leave none in shell 2 and leave the inner shell which holds 2 when full
F has 7 but the outer shell holds 8 so it wants to grab one and become F-
Ne gas is noble and has exactly 8 in that outer shell so is happy and does not want to grab or lose any.
like maybe
If the outer shell holds 8, like Li to Ne, the second row in the periodic table
Li can lose one (Li+) to leave none in shell 2 and leave the inner shell which holds 2 when full
F has 7 but the outer shell holds 8 so it wants to grab one and become F-
Ne gas is noble and has exactly 8 in that outer shell so is happy and does not want to grab or lose any.
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