Silicon is the group 4, period 3 metalloid. It's electron configuration is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p2. Thus it has 2 electrons in its first shell, 8 in its second, and 4 in its third.
Silicon is a chemical metal element. There are 14 electrons in a single atom.
A silicon atom has 4 unpaired electrons.
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That neutral silicon atom has four electrons in its valence shell.
Regardless of the isotope, every silicon atom has 14 electrons.
Silicon is a chemical metal element. There are 14 electrons in a single atom.
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A silicon atom has 4 unpaired electrons.
A neutral silicon atom will have 14 electrons, one for each proton in its nucleus. A link follows and can be found below.
A neutral atom of silicon will have 4 valence electrons. The amount of valence electrons that a neutral atom will have can be found by the atoms group number in the periodic table.
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It has 14 electrons with an electron arrangement of 2,8,4
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