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Gnesinka [82]
3 years ago
8

Is this atom more likely to gain electrons or to lose electrons? Explain how you can tell

Chemistry
1 answer:
elena55 [62]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Likely to gain electrons

Explanation:

The atom shown is likely to gain additional electrons to complete its electronic configuration.

  • Since this is a neutral specie, the number of protons and electrons are the same.
  • The atom has 16 electrons
  • the number of valence electrons is 6
  • If the atom gains two additional electrons, the octet configuration is attained
  • Also, the atom can lose 6 electrons to become an octet

The atom will prefer to gain additional 2 electrons to give an octet configuration.

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