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  • Isoelectronic Species: Understanding Atoms with the Same Electron Count
    An isoelectronic species has the same number of electrons. Fluorine (F) has 9 electrons. Therefore, any ion or atom with 9 electrons is isoelectronic with fluorine.

    Here are a few examples:

    * O2- (oxide ion): Oxygen has 8 electrons, and the 2- charge adds 2 more, giving a total of 9.

    * N3- (nitride ion): Nitrogen has 7 electrons, and the 3- charge adds 3 more, giving a total of 9.

    * Ne (neon): Neon is a noble gas with 10 electrons, but it has lost one electron to become a +1 cation, leaving 9 electrons.

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