Magnesium wants to have 8 electrons, so it ____ 2 electrons to another atom, so its valence shell is full and a

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Magnesium wants to have 8 electrons, so it ____ 2 electrons to another atom, so its valence shell is full and a

____ is created between the two atoms.

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hodyreva [135] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-30T05:29:47+03:00

The correct terms to fill in the blanks would be donates and bond. Like any other elements, magnesium would want to agree with the octet rule and have 8 electrons, so it would donate two electrons to another atom making its valence shell full and a chemical bond would be created between the atoms.

Magnesium wants to have 8 electrons, so it ____________ 2 electrons to another atom, so its valence shell is full and a ________

Magnesium wants to have 8 electrons, so it ____ 2 electrons to another atom, so its valence shell is full and a