Multiple Choice
The neon atom tends NOT to gain any additional electrons because ________.
A) its nuclear charge is not great enough
B) that would result in a positive ion
C) of the repulsions they would experience with electrons in the same shell
D) there is no more room available in its outermost occupied shell
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