What states that atoms tend to gain, lose or share electrons until they are surrounded by eight valence electrons?

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What states that atoms tend to gain, lose or share electrons until they are surrounded by eight valence electrons?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-27T15:38:14

The $"octet rule"$ , which is more a rule of thumb than an actual chemical principle.

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Main-group elements tend to form compounds in which the participating atoms are surrounded by $"8 electrons"$ . There are many exceptions to the rule, but often we can rationalize the chemistry of the exceptions in terms of filling the valence shell of the participating atoms with 8 electrons.

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