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nhmllr
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So in high school we learned that chemicals with very few valence electrons want to get rid of them so that they can have a full outer shell, or if they only need a few more to get a full outer shell then the desperately try and get them. The teacher made an analogy that the atom really wants to have a full outershell, and the closer it is to achieving that the more reactive it is.
This answer does not appeal to me. Atoms do not have hopes and dreams. What force makes atoms work to get outer shells?
Thanks
This answer does not appeal to me. Atoms do not have hopes and dreams. What force makes atoms work to get outer shells?
Thanks