Lim Jing Yi's answer to Erin's Junior College 1 H2 Maths question.

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Lim Jing Yi
Lim Jing Yi's answer
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Fully shared octet means its electrons will be given to other elements to form bonds.

For example, carbon dioxide is CO2.
You see that oxygen atoms have 4 free electrons after pairing up with carbon atoms, whereas carbon atoms used up all its electrons to form bonds with both oxygen atoms.

This behaviour applies to all carbons in a compound.

Note: This is just a reference because I wasn't from JC.
Erin
Erin
7 years ago
Thanks!