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To attain stability, chlorine has to gain how many electrons?

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

hintHint:

The chlorine gains a single electron to attain its stable electronic configuration.

The correct answer is: 1


    • According to the octet rule, the atoms or elements gain or lose electrons to attain a stable electron configuration.
    • The outermost shell of chlorine has 7 electrons of which 1 will be unpaired.
    • To become stable, the chlorine will gain one electron and make the electrons paired.  

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