how do sodium and chlorine attain stable state?
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Chlorine atom has 7electrons in the outermost shell , so it has a tendency to gain one electron to complete d octet and thus attain stability.sodium has one electron in its outermost shell , so by loosing one electron,it can attain stability in d formation of NaCl,sodium donates one electron and chlorine accepts that
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