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Ch. 2 - General Chemistry Translated: Finding the Electrons
Mullins - Organic Chemistry: A Learner Centered Approach 1st Edition
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Capitolo 1, Problema 15d

How many electrons does an atom of each of the following elements need to gain to achieve a noble gas configuration? By gaining that many electrons, which noble gas configuration is achieved?
(d) Chlorine

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Determine the group number of chlorine in the periodic table. Chlorine is in Group 17 (halogens), which means it has 7 valence electrons.
Recall that a noble gas configuration corresponds to a full outer shell of electrons. For most elements, this means achieving 8 valence electrons (the octet rule).
Calculate how many electrons chlorine needs to gain to reach 8 valence electrons. Since chlorine has 7 valence electrons, it needs to gain 1 electron.
Identify the noble gas configuration achieved by gaining 1 electron. Chlorine (atomic number 17) will have 18 electrons after gaining 1 electron, which corresponds to the electron configuration of argon (atomic number 18).
Conclude that chlorine needs to gain 1 electron to achieve the noble gas configuration of argon.

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