Main-group atoms tend to gain, lose, or share electrons so as to complete a valence shell of 8 electrons (matching the nearest noble gas). Strictly followed by period-2 elements (C, N, O, F); regularly violated in period-3+ where d-orbital…
Main-group atoms tend to gain, lose, or share electrons so as to complete a valence shell of 8 electrons (matching the nearest noble gas). Strictly followed by period-2 elements (C, N, O, F); regularly violated in period-3+ where d-orbital…