8 electrons
6 electrons
Hydrogen and Helium both only need two valence electrons to fill their outer shell.
It needs to lose one electron so that it can have 8 electrons in its outer orbital
it has 2 because the first energy level has 1
it has 7 valence electrons, which is the number of electrons on the outer energy level, so it needs 7.
no. of electrons to fill an energy level = 2n2. = 2x32 = 18
In the 3rd energy level, there can be a maximum of 4 electrons.
Nitrogen has two energy levels. The first energy level contains two electrons. The second energy level contains five electrons. Number of Protons/Electrons: 7 Number of Neutrons: 7
They ca fill their outmost energy level by gaining or losing electrons.
Look at the first element on the periodic table. The first energy level holds only two electrons, so Helium has filled its outer energy level. Atoms with an outer energy level that is not fill will fill it up by bonding with other atoms and sharing electrons.
Hydrogen has one electron. Its outer shell the first energy level has just one orbital, 1s which could hold a maximum of 2 electrons, so hydrogen only partially fills the level.