What element never obeys the ''octet rule'' when covalently bonding?

The is a "rule of thumb" in which an atom must achieve a full electron shell in its outermost orbit. This results in 8 electrons. When an atom achieves...

The rule of duet refers to the first five of . They are most stable when the 1s orbital is filled with two (duet) electrons. Hydrogen looks to gain one...

The rule is basically unchanged, except that the pair of shared electrons is usually associated with the more electronegative atom. In the case of $HF$, the two atoms form a...

Good question! The is based on the availability of an s and three p orbitals holding eight electrons. For the n=2 shell (second row of the periodic table) any additional...

The Octet Rule says that an atom is in its most stable state when it has a full valence shell (8 electrons in its valence shell). So, atoms take the...

The group that the are in are equal to the number of electrons in their respective outer shells.

A non-metal will tend to gain electrons in reactions which other substances. They will do so in either of two ways: One way is by electron transfer when they react...

Without going into a (lengthy) explanation of the reasons behind it, the octet rule tells us that there is a strong tendency for atoms to gain or lose electrons until...

An example would be Carbon tetraChloride $ C Cl_4$

$%A$ $=$ $(34.5*g)/(34.5*g+18.2*g+2.6*g)xx100%=62.3%$ $%B$ $=$ $(18.2*g)/(34.5*g+18.2*g+2.6*g)xx100%=33.0%$ $%C$ $=$ $(2.6*g)/(34.5*g+18.2*g+2.6*g)xx100%=4.70%$ That is $%" element"$ $=$ $"Mass of element"/"Mass of compound"xx100%$ $"Mass of compound"$ is clearly the SUM of the constituent ....