Elements in group VIA (6A) also called group 16.
The element with six electrons in its outer shell is oxygen.
Oxygen does. (:
any element in group 6
3d^6 Six electrons in the outer shell.
Oxygen needs 2 electrons to fill it's valence shell which is why it forms a 2- ion.
The valency of an element indicates the way it will react in a chemical reaction. For example, oxygen has six outer electrons and only needs eight electrons to have a complete outer shell. It can either lose six electrons or gain two electrons. It is easier for an oxygen atom to gain two more electrons and therefore its valency is 2.
They all have 6 in its outer shell because they are all in the same group in the periodic table. Your VERY VERY welcome (:
An oxygen atom has eight electrons. The first electron shell can contain two electrons so that shell is filled leaving six electrons left. Since the second electron shell can contain up to eight electrons, the remaining six electrons go into the second shell. Since the second shell is the outermost shell, there are six electron's in the outer energy level.
All these elements have six electrons in the outer shell.
3d^6 Six electrons in the outer shell.
carbon has totally six electrons. Out of these, four electrons are in the valence shell or the outer most shell.
An element that has two outer electrons is carbon. Carbon would not use the energy to gain six more electrons when it can easily get rid of the two outer electrons.
An oxygen atom has six (6) electrons in its outer shell.
In the first shell there are two electrons and in the second shell there are six electrons, but only the electrons in the second (outer) shell are valence electrons.
The word "valance" is used to describe electrons in the outer-most energy level of an atom. Oxygen has six valance electrons.
Magnesium needs to gain two more electrons to have a full outer valence shell. This would give it a stable octet like the nearest noble gas, neon.
Oxygen needs 2 electrons to fill it's valence shell which is why it forms a 2- ion.
The valency of an element indicates the way it will react in a chemical reaction. For example, oxygen has six outer electrons and only needs eight electrons to have a complete outer shell. It can either lose six electrons or gain two electrons. It is easier for an oxygen atom to gain two more electrons and therefore its valency is 2.
Sulfur has 6 outer shell electrons, as do all other atoms in column 16 of a wide form Periodic Table, in the usual chemical meaning. A physicist, especially a spectroscopist, might well consider only the 3p electrons of sulfur the outer shell, since the 3s electrons have a detectably lower energy level. On that view, sulfur would contain 4 outer shell electrons.
They all have 6 in its outer shell because they are all in the same group in the periodic table. Your VERY VERY welcome (: