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Q: What does the group number of the atom mean?
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The number of valence electrons found in an atom of Group A element is equal to?

If by group A u mean Group 1, that would be one. Except for the transition metals, the # of valence electrons is equal to the one's place of the group #, except for helium because it can only have 2 and it is in the 8 group, but that is the group that has the most it can have.


What kind of atom is made of elements?

If you mean what kind of element can exist as one atom, the answer is the noble gases in group 18. All elements are composed of one kind of atom, having a unique number of protons, or atomic number.


What does it mean to say the atomic number in an atom?

An atom's atomic number is the number of protons an atom has. This number will never change or the atom becomes a totally different atom.


Number of valence electrons found in an atom of a group A element is equal to what?

group #


What tells how many energy levels an atom has?

The Group Number


Where is sodium and chlorine on the periodic table?

Sodium is atom number 11, 3rd period, 1st group, Chlorine is atom number 17, 3rd period, 17th (or 7th) group.


How does one determine the number of core electrons an atom has?

subtract the group number from the atomic number


Shortcut for finding number of valence electrons an atom has?

The valency is same as that of the group number.....


What does super atom mean?

The group of rubidium atoms sits in the same place, creating a "super atom."


What is the number of electrons in sodium?

There are a total of 11 electrons in Sodium.


What does it mean when an entire atom has a charge of o?

If an atom has a charge of 0, it is neutrally charged. This means that the number of electrons in the atom is equal to the number of protons in the atom.


What does the group number tell you about how the atom is put together?

A group (also known as a family) is a vertical column in the periodic table of the chemical elements and the group number tells you what group it is in.