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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[diagram]] showing the '''electron shells''' and '''electrons''' in the first 20 [[element]]s on the [[Periodic Table]]. NB [[Group 0]] used to be called [[Group 8]] but this caused confusion because most [[element]]s in [[Group 8]] have 8 [[electron]]s in their [[Outer Shell]] but [[Helium]] only has 2, so it was renamed [[Group 0]].
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: [[Atom]]s in the same [[Group (Chemistry)|group]] have similar [[Chemical Property|chemical properties]] because they all have the same number of [[electron]]s in their [[Outer Shell]].