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Ionic Bonds
Ionic Bonds
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Group 3
Valence electrons
Valence electrons are the electrons
of the outermost shell of an
electron. Atoms want to have 8
electrons on the outermost shell
and when they have less then 8
they become increasingly less
stable so that an atom with 1
valence electron is much less stable
than one with 8.