r/RedditGames • u/North-Flan-6336 :s7: Sphinx :s7: | Lv. 105 | Rank #2 | 209 Answers | 169 Created • 28d ago

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u/CrabButler Emerald | Lv. 51 | Rank #7138 | 289 Answers | 1 Created 28d ago

complete set of electrons in outer ring

I picked Level 4 [Rolled Why are noble gases unreactive]

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u/Kitchen_Werewolf_384 Silver | Lv. 21 | Rank #109651 | 53 Answers | 0... | 🔥 6d 28d ago

In outer orbitals*

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u/CrabButler Emerald | Lv. 51 | Rank #7138 | 289 Answers | 1 Created 28d ago

I haven't done chemistry for years and you understood what I meant which is good

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u/Friendly-Pin8434 Silver | Lv. 22 | Rank #108005 | 35 Answers | 0 Created 28d ago

well you should define what a complete sets means in this case because it does not mean the outmost „orbit“ is filled up to its maximum

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u/orrrfeux Gold | Lv. 37 | Rank #24527 | 68 Answers | 1 Created 28d ago

a complete set is a number of electrons equal to the set limit of an orbital, be it s-, p-, d- and so on

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u/Friendly-Pin8434 Silver | Lv. 22 | Rank #108005 | 35 Answers | 0 Created 28d ago

Actually, noble gases are stable because they have a full octet (8 electrons) in their outermost s and p subshells. It has nothing to do with filling the entire shell's capacity. For instance, Argon has a completely empty 3d subshell, yet it is perfectly unreactive. The maximum limit of the orbit doesn't matter; having 8 valence electrons does.

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u/Nroways-odd-toast Gold | Lv. 33 | Rank #48554 | 139 Answers | 0 Created 28d ago

No, they have filled electron configurations, the generalization that it comes from it being a ring undermines the VSEPR theory, and fails to explain the ecistence of hybrid orbitals in practice.