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Sergeeva-Olga [200]
3 years ago
11

Why do atoms of nonmetals form anions? Support your answer with an example.

Chemistry
1 answer:
Papessa [141]3 years ago
5 0
Nonmetals form negatively charged ions, or anions. They do this because they need to gain one to three electrons in order to achieve an octet of valence electrons, making them isoelectronic with the noble gas at the end of the period to which they belong.
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