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Explain how compounds affect an atom’s stability

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makes them more clumped and depending on what it is it will move fast
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Most elements react to form chemical bonds so that their atoms become stable. An atom achieves stability when the orbitals that correspond to its highest energy level are filled with the maximum number of electrons.
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