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electron shells, located near the nucleus. However, it has only seven electrons in the third and outermost electron shell. One additional electron would completely fill the outer electron shell with eight electrons, a situation the octet rule commends. Indeed, adding an electron to the produce the chloride ion (Cl⁻) releases 3.62 eV of energy. Conversely, another

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