group 2
number of electrons in the bonding shell vary according to the element. for example group 1 in the periodic table contains elements with ony one electron in their bonding shell, similarly group 2 has elements with two electrons in its bonding shell and so on. the group number in the periodic table denotes the number of electrons in the bonding shell of each element present in that particular group
The group 16 elements have 6 valence electrons. However, they generally only have two unpaired electrons available for bonding.
Two bonding electrons are in the molecule of H2O (light water)
As a start: Electrons that are not share between atoms. covalent bonds along with pie bonds require two electrons per bond. the two electrons in the bond are shared electrons or bonding electrons. Atoms such as oxygen and nitrogen have electrons that are not part of a bond. Oxygen is in group VI so it wants to have 6 electrons around it. it gets 2 of its electrons from bonds. the other 4 come from non bonding electrons or two pair of electrons. Nitrogen is in group V so it only wants 5 electrons. Thus, it has three bonds and one non bonding electron pair.
Group two elements, known as the alkaline earth metals, have two outer shell electrons. This configuration is characteristic of all elements in this group, including beryllium, magnesium, calcium, and others. These two valence electrons play a significant role in the chemical reactivity and bonding behavior of these elements.
+2 for example, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr or any other group 2 element in a compound with a group 6 element
When two atoms form a bond, electrons are donated or shared. In an ionic bond, one atom donates electrons to the other, while in a covalent bond, electrons are shared between the atoms.
Two valence electrons
The sharing of electrons in the outer energy levels of two atoms is called bonding.
The number of the vertical column- or group- that the particular element is in indicates the number of valence electrons available for bonding. For example, Lithium has one valence electron, whereas oxygen has six.
Calcium is in group II of the periodic table meaning that it has 2 valence electrons. These are the electrons that are involved in making a chemical bond, so the answer to your question is TWO.
Covalent bonding elements share electrons between the atoms. Oxygen is never found in the form ' O '. In the atmosphere, it is always, O2. This is because oxygen wants to gain two electrons to have 8 valence electrons. The two atoms then 'share' the electrons completing both their outer shells.Ionic bonding occurs, generally, when a metal and a non-metal are bonded. The metals(group A metals: transition metals act differently), attempting to gain 8 electrons in their outer valence shells, want to drop the number of electrons equivalent to their group number (only with group A metals). Gases, attempting to gain electrons, generally equivalent to 8 - Group Number. When these two atoms meet, the want to form ionic bonds because the metals want to give their electrons to the gases who want them. They do not share these electrons. The two atoms are then drawn together because the metal has a positive charge and the gas has a negative charge.Ex - Fluorine, having a group number of 7A (which means fluorine has 7 valence electrons) wants to gain one electron. Lithium, being of group 1A, wants to give up one electron. When Lithium comes in contact with Fluorine, they pair, and become Lithium Floride: LiFl.To sum up, the main difference between covalent bonding and ionic bonding is:in ionic bonding, electrons TRANSFER from a metal to a gas. In covalent bonding, electrons are shared between two gases.