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Name Period ION CHARGE AND THE OCTET RULE 1. How many valence electrons does a lithium atom contain? 2. How many electrons would you have to ADD to a lithium atom in order to fulfill the octet rule?.

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  3. Fill in the period number in the provided field, indicating the period of the elements you will analyze.
  4. For question 1, specify how many valence electrons a lithium atom contains, which is typically 1.
  5. In question 2, calculate how many electrons need to be added to lithium to fulfill the octet rule and input the answer, which is 7.
  6. For question 3, determine the charge on lithium if you added that number of electrons and enter the charge, which would typically be -1.
  7. Question 4 requires you to consider how many electrons need to be taken away from lithium to fulfill the octet rule, inputting the answer, usually 1.
  8. In question 5, specify the charge on lithium when this number of electrons is removed, typically resulting in a +1 charge.
  9. Repeat steps 4 to 8 for all elements in period 2, filling out each table row provided for elements like beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, and neon.
  10. For question 6, evaluate each element and determine whether it is more likely to gain electrons or lose electrons. Provide your judgment for each element.
  11. Questions 7 to 12 guide you through further classification and predictive analysis of the elements in terms of ion charges based on periodic trends.
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The octet rule and the periodic table can be used to predict what ions will form; main group elements on the left side of the periodic table (metals in groups 1, 2, and 13) tend to lose electrons (form cations) to achieve the same electron configuration as the noble gas just before them in the table.

While most atoms obey the duet and octet rules, there are some exceptions. For example, elements such as boron or beryllium often form compounds in which the central atom is surrounded by fewer than eight electrons (e.g., BF₃ or BeH₂).

Ionic bonds require an electron donor, often a metal, and an electron acceptor, a nonmetal. Ionic bonding is observed because metals have few electrons in their outer-most orbitals. By losing those electrons, these metals can achieve noble gas configuration and satisfy the octet rule.

When forming ions, elements typically gain or lose the minimum number of electrons necessary to achieve a full octet. For example, fluorine has seven valence electrons, so it is most likely to gain one electron to form an ion with a 1- charge. We can use this method to predict the charges of ions in ionic compounds.

The most common examples are the covalent compounds of beryllium and boron. For example, beryllium can form two covalent bonds, resulting in only four electrons in its valence shell: Formally, the P atom has 10 electrons in its valence shell.

In the formation of a chemical bond, atoms lose, gain or share valence electrons to complete their outer shell and attain a noble gas configuration. This tendency of atoms to have eight electrons in their outer shell is known as the octet rule.

The Octet Rule states that main-group elements will generally form enough bonds to obtain 8 electrons in their valence shell.

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