Chemistry
Elements which have their outermost orbits incomplete are:
- Transition elements
- Noble gases
- Inner transition elements
- Representative elements
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Representative elements
Reason — Representative elements are the s-block and p-block elements. Many of them have incomplete outermost shells, so they tend to gain, lose, or share electrons to complete their octet.
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