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The calcium atom has 2 outer shell electrons.

It's configuration is: [Ar] 4s2 it also has 2 inner shell electrons

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The amount of electron shells an element has depends on what period the element is in. In the case of Calcium, sonce it is in the period 4, that means that it has 4 electon shells.

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