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How does an atom end up with an octet, if it loses all of the electrons in its valence shell

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When atoms have fewer than eight electrons, they have an inclination to react and type a lot of stable compounds.

Thus, associate atom continues to create bonds till associate octet of electrons is formed. this can be called octet rule by Lewis.

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