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Rule of octet?

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The octet rule is basically having eight valance electrons. The valance electrons is the amount of electrons in the outer shell of the atom. Typically atoms will make an ionic or covalent bond to create for the octet rule. Neon (Ne) on the periodic table already has eight valance electrons because the atomic number is 10 and that is equivelant to the number of electrons and the first electron layer always has two electrons and 10-2=8. Therefore neon is already in line with the octet rule. So the rule of octet is basically to fill the outer layer of atoms with eigtht electrons.

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