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Do oxygen atoms become more stable or less stable when oxygen forms compounds? Explain. Pls help

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They become more stable because they gain or share valence electrons giving each oxygen atom a set of 8 valence electrons. They change because the number of valence electrons changes in a pattern that repeats in each period.

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