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Aluminum has 3 electrons in its outermost energy level.
Aluminum has 3 electrons in its highest occupied energy level.
Phosphorus has 5 electrons in its outermost principal energy level.
Each aluminum isotope has 13 electrons. In accordance with the Aufbau Principle those electrons will fill: 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p1. The shortcut notation is: [Ne] 3s2, 3p1.
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The second energy level contains eight valance electrons when it's full.
Phosphorus (P) because of the 5 valence electrons total, 3 of them are in the 3p sublevel, and according to Hund's rule, they "single-fill" each orbital first.
The valance energy level contains 4 electrons in carbon.
Carbon has four electrons in the outermost energy level, which is energy level two. It needs eight electrons to have this energy level filled.
There are 3 electrons in the outermost level of aluminum. Aluminum is in Group 13 and has 3 valence electrons.
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The principal energy level that contains electrons with the lowest energy is the first energy level (n=1). This level is closest to the nucleus and has the least amount of energy associated with its electrons.