"Permeable" means "Letting solids or liquids through (a material.)" "Semi" means "half or partly." So "semipermeable" means allowing some objects through, but not all.
The number of electrons in an atom's outermost valence shell governs its bonding behaviour. Elements whose atoms have the same number of valence electrons are grouped together in the Periodic Table. ... To form a covalent bond, one electron from the halogen and one electron from another atom form a shared pair.
