Helium has two valence electrons.
8 which is a full outer electron shell. There are two exceptions: Helium(He) and Hydrogen(H) which can only have 2 electrons in their outer shell.
== == The valency of an element is the measure of electrons it needs or needs to loose to obtain a stable structure (a noble gas structure, such as helium, neon, argon ...) for example in NaCl, sodium has 11 electrons which means 1 valence electron, chlorine has 17 electrons which means it has -1 valence electrons; so sodium looses 1 electron and chlorine gains that electron so sodium ends up with 10 electrons (Neon's electron structure) and chlorine ends up with 18 electrons (Argon's electron structure) the number of outer electrons. Noble elements are the most stable elements (thats why they don't react well and stay alone, like helium) so all the other elements try to obtain the noble electron structure. Elements usually gain or loose 4 electrons.
How many atoms / electron clouds does helium have ?
Larger (the air pressure is dropping as it rises).
Electron configuration for oxygen (O) is 1s2 2s2 2p4. The valency is 2-.
The valency of Helium is 0
helium's valency is zero as id does not combine with other elements
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A valance electron is one that is associated with an atom. The valence orbit is the one that electron travels in.
In fact an electron has no valency, though it is equal to a -1 (minus one) charged anion like Cl-, having a valency of -1
Valency is calculated in this way... 1. Find atm no of that element. 2. Write down electronic configuration. 3. Take the valence shell electron number. 4. The number of electrons to be lost are added as the valency.
8 which is a full outer electron shell. There are two exceptions: Helium(He) and Hydrogen(H) which can only have 2 electrons in their outer shell.
The valency of hydrogen is +1 because it has a tendency to lose an electron while combining with an Elelment. This gives it a positive valency.
How many atoms / electron clouds does helium have ?
== == The valency of an element is the measure of electrons it needs or needs to loose to obtain a stable structure (a noble gas structure, such as helium, neon, argon ...) for example in NaCl, sodium has 11 electrons which means 1 valence electron, chlorine has 17 electrons which means it has -1 valence electrons; so sodium looses 1 electron and chlorine gains that electron so sodium ends up with 10 electrons (Neon's electron structure) and chlorine ends up with 18 electrons (Argon's electron structure) the number of outer electrons. Noble elements are the most stable elements (thats why they don't react well and stay alone, like helium) so all the other elements try to obtain the noble electron structure. Elements usually gain or loose 4 electrons.
None, for it to be an atom it has the have the same number of electrons and protons. Something with 1 electron and 2 protons would theoretically be a helium ion but helium does not form ions.
Electron configuration for oxygen (O) is 1s2 2s2 2p4. The valency is 2-.