THE PERIODIC TABLE

4.6 - Ions

The arrangement of eight electrons makes the noble gases relatively unreactive. Click to view the Lewis electron-dot symbol for the inert gases.

Atoms tend to lose or gain electrons in order to achieve an octet of electrons.

Click to see the charge of the ions of representative elements.

 

 

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