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30 July, 20:29

An atom of argon in the ground state tends not to bond with an atom of a different element because the argon atom has

(1) more protons than neutrons

(2) more neutrons than protons

(3) a total of two valence electrons

(4) a total of eight valence electrons

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  1. 30 July, 20:33
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    The answer is (4) a total of eight valence electrons. The valence electrons are defined as electrons that are mostly like to be involved in a chemical reaction. So the Argon is stable because the 8 valence electrons is already a stable state.
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