Which element in period 3 has the greatest tendency to gain electrons?

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Chemistry

Reagan Chan

2 March, 11:46

Which element in period 3 has the greatest tendency to gain electrons?

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Chloe Curtis · Answer 1

If we're talking about valence electrons, it should be chlorine because the magic number in chemistry is 8, which means it wants to have 8 valence electrons. Chlorine is only one away from reaching 8 in period 3.