Atoms usually react to give an ____ arrangement with a full ____ shell by losing, gaining or ____ electrons.Non-metallic elements on the on the far ____-hand side of the periodic table, (apart from the ____ gases which already have a ____ full outer shell), readily gain electrons into their outer shell, giving them a high reactivity in forming ____ ions. The outer electrons of non-metals tend to be more ____ held than the outer electrons of metals and this is very much the case for group 7 ____ which are the elements the furthest on the right of the ____ table (bar the stable noble gases). Therefore, the group 7 halogens like fluorine, ____ and bromine tend to be the most reactive non-metallic ____. For non-metals, it usually takes too much ____ to remove to many electrons to give a stable ____ ion electron arrangement, but its much easier for a non-metal, like those in group 6 or 7, to gain 2 or 1 electrons to give an ____ stable negative ion with a ____ outer shell of electrons like a noble gas.

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