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These are the electrons located at the outermost (highest) principal energy level of a representative or noble gas element.
Assigning valence electrons is only applicable to representative elements, that is, groups IA to VIIIA (transition elements in the d sublevels are NOT included)
It is, therefore, common to see valence electrons in the s or p sublevels.
Valence Electrons
The electrons located between the valence electrons and the nucleus are called core electrons. In other words, all the other electrons which are not found in the outermost shell are considered core.
Core electrons
is also called Lewis Dot Diagram or Lewis symbol.
Gilbert Lewis, an American chemist, first introduced this shorthand symbol
devised by scientists to designate the valence electrons of the atoms in an element
Lewis Dot Diagram
have complete outermost electrons.
noble gases
the maximum number of valence electrons for any element
eight
This rule states that the atoms of an element lose, gain or even share electrons so that their electron configurations achieve eight valence electrons.
This will be the basis for the next topic, chemical bonds.
octet rule
A force that holds groups of two or more atoms together and makes them function as an intact unit.
chemical bond
Bonds involve the electrons in the
outer shells of atoms
The atoms of noble gases have full outer shells and so are stable.
This makes the noble gases very unreactive, and so they do not usually form bonds.
The atoms of other elements have incomplete outer electron shells making them unstable.
are formed when different elements chemically react with each other.
compounds
occurs between nonmetals atoms only
covalent bonding
occurs between metal and nonmetal atoms.
ionic bonding
occurs between metal atoms only
metallic bonding
All bonds involve electrons, and all bonding includes changes in the number of valence electrons.