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Which of the following can have an expanded octet? Responses nitrogen fluorine chlorine carbon
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Which of the following can have an expanded octet?

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nitrogen

fluorine

chlorine

carbon

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Period 2 elements are NOT able to have an expanded octet. Therefore, since chlorine is in the third period, it is able to have an expanded octet as the rest are second period elements.
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