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What is the Octet rule?

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8 electrons makes a full shell in an atom
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The octet rule “group of 8.”

The octet rule states that there can be a maximum of 8 electrons in each shell except the first one. The first shell can only hold 2 electrons. For example, let’s say you had an element that had 11 electrons. We would have to put 2 electrons in the first shell, 8 electrons in the second shell and 1 electrons in the last shell.

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