M4 The Periodic Table: Halogens
Slide
7
of 45
Why
D
I
A
t
o
M
I
c
?
What
can the
TWO
fluorine
atoms
possibly do to fill
both
their
outer shells
and become
energetically
stable
?
The outer shells of
each
atom have cross over each other.
Each
atom
shares
its
valence electron
with the other
atom
.
(
co-operation
)
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