Some atoms can have more than eight outer electrons. Why?

Subject: Some atoms can have more than eight outer electrons. Why?

Date: Thu Apr 5 18:00:40 2001
Posted by Stacy
Grade level: teacher/prof School: Granite Hills H.S.
City: Porterville State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 986508040.Ch

Message:


I am trying to understand the ion, ClF4-.  The shape is square planar and we are 
trying to figure out where the two unshared pairs of electrons are located (what 
orbitals).  There must be some type of hybridization.

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