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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What makes an atom stable and unstable?

OpenStudy (sidsiddhartha):

first of all an atom will be stable when it satisfies the octet rule which means that there is an 8 electrons is the outer most orbit. another criteria is that the force between protons and neutrons in the nucleus have to be balanced for stability

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