why does any atom become stable by eight electrons (octet rule) .......why not nine electrons make it stable? why there is no nonane rule?
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Kossel And Lewis gave an idea of a stable atom by saying that an atom is a cube and each of its corner shows its valence electrons. By that, we can say that sodium has only one electron occupying a corner of that cube and neon has 8 electrons occupying each and every corner of the cube. They called it the most stable configuration as each and every corner of the cube was occupied by electrons. Now, take Na and Cl. Na has 1 valence electron which it needs to lose so that it can attain that cube of 8 electrons and Cl has 7 valence electrons and it needs to gain one more electron to make all its valence electrons occupy all the corners. So Na and Cl forms a bond between themselves as Na loses one electron and Cl gains that electron. Thats how the idea of octet rule generated
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Q. Why does any atom become stable with eight electrons? Why can't nine electrons make an atom stable, and why is there an octet rule, not nonane rule?
A. Kossel And Lewis gave an idea of a stable atom by saying that an atom is a cube and each of its corner shows its valence electrons. By that, we can say that sodium has only one electron occupying a corner of that cube and neon has 8 electrons occupying each and every corner of the cube. They called it the most stable configuration as each and every corner of the cube was occupied by electrons. Now, take Na and Cl. Na has 1 valence electron which it needs to lose so that it can attain that cube of 8 electrons and Cl has 7 valence electrons and it needs to gain one more electron to make all its valence