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The octet rule states that, in chemical compounds, atoms tend to have ____.

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Octet rule states that an atom can be stable in case if it has stable electronic configuration or its octet is completed. Octet completed means having 8 electrons in the shell except the very first one, which has 2 electrons to complete its octet.
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