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a heuristic ('rule of thumb') in chemistry for identifying viable species (molecules, ions…)
although a useful rule of thumb, it is often adopted by students as the basis for an (invalid) explanatory principle ('the full outer shells explanatory principle').
Red about 'the full outer shells explanatory principle'
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