amazingmel
amazingmel amazingmel
  • 01-11-2017
  • Chemistry
contestada

How many valence electrons does an oxygen atom need to gain in order to become stable? a 1 b 2 c 3 d 4

Respuesta :

ERalston ERalston
  • 01-11-2017
B; because to form a stable ion a element requires to have either a full or empty valence electron shell and since oxygen has 6 valence electrons it will tend to fill the valence shell (because it requires less energy) so it gains 2 more to create a total of 8 which fills up its last shell.
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

What is hyperbole? Please help
a long distance telephone company charges a rate of 8 cents per minute or 90 cent mininum charge per call, whichever is greater. Find the cost in cents per minu
How many quarts in 24 pints?
What is NAFTA? What countries are involved?
Can you make this into an algebraic expresion
What happens at a conservative plate boundary? Someone please help me in this because I have test today. Aswell please don't copy it from the internet.
does gas have as definite or indefinite volume
In scienceclass the teacher measured 800 milligramns of an chemical.How manyn grams is it.
solve quadratic equation by factoring How do you do it 3k^2 + 72 = 33k
A sighting from sea level to the top of a lighthouse was 60°. The lighthouse is known to rise 180 feet above sea level. What is the distance (to the nearest foo