How many electrons are in the outermost shell of atom?

Answer 1

in the outer shell there is only aloud it be 8 electrons.

Really it depends on the Element because metals have 4 or less Electrons in the outer ring. But nonmetals have 8 or less. So in order to know how many electrons there are you have to find out which Element you are wanting to know about.

Answer 2

the outer shell of an atom always has a fixed number of electrons in it.maximum no. of electron in the k shell is 2 and in the l shell is 8 and m shell is 8 and it continues up to calcium order changes from the element scandium which contains 9 electrons in its m shell and has 2 electron in its n shell.

Answer 3

s,p,d,f are the sub-shells and K,L,M,N,O,P,Q are the major Shells

K = 2 (s)

L = 8 (s,p)

M = 8 (s,p)

N = 18 (s,p,d)

O = 18 (s,p,d)

P = 32 (s,p,d,f)

Q = 32 (s,p,d,f)

Where,

s can hold up to 2 electrons

p can hold up to 6 electrons

d can hold up to 10 electrons

f can hold up to 14 electrons

Answer 4

It depends on the shell and thus the atom/element. The first shell can hold 2 electrons maximum which is what Helium has in its outer shell. Hydrogen, Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium and Francium all have only one electron in their outer shell.

Answer 5

That cannot be determined without the proton number. For hydrogen it is 1, for neon it is eight, and for barium it is 2.

Answer 6

2n2 where n is the number of the outermost shell.

Answer 7

the shells have 2 8 8 18 18 32 32 electrons possible on the shels

Answer 8

The outermost shell (valence shell) can hold a maximum of eight electrons, except for hydrogen and helium, which can hold only two.

Answer 9

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