A study suggests atoms can bond not only with electrons in their outer shells, but also via those in their supposedly sacrosanct inner shells Most of us learned in high school chemistry class that ...

Oxygen is in group 6. An oxygen atom has six electrons in its outer shell. The atom is more stable if it has a full outer shell. An oxygen atom can gain two electrons to fill its outer shell. It will ...

Metals consist of stacked layers of tightly packed, interacting atoms arranged in geometric patterns. Each of these atoms contains a small number of loosely held electrons in its outer shell. When ...

The distribution of outermost shell electrons, known as valence electrons, of organic molecules was observed for the first time. As the interactions between atoms are governed by the valence electrons ...

The periodic table is a list of all known elements — everything from oxygen to neon and einsteinium to uranium. For such an important table, it's a patchy looking thing. But the quirky layout isn't ...

Atoms can be held together by chemical bonds. When atoms form bonds, they can achieve a stable electron arrangement. To achieve a stable electron arrangement atoms can lose, gain or share electrons.

Researchers at UNSW Sydney have made improved qubits using concepts from high school chemistry. Above -A silicon qubit high-frequency measurement stage, which is positioned inside a dilution ...