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Why does a chlorine atom gain one electron rather than two or three electrons?

April 26, 2017Atom Chemistry chlorine electron electrons gain Mathematics

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Why does a chlorine atom gain one electron rather than two or three electrons?

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Once chlorine has gained one electron it has a stable outer electron shell (the same electronic configuration as argon). If it gained more than one electron it would be unstable and would quickly lose these extra electrons.