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There is no simple answer to your question, as your question is too broad and undefined.

For simple atoms, the number of valence electrons is the number of electrons in unfilled electron shells, which are then available for bonding to another atom. Oxygen with 8 total electrons has 6 paired electrons in filled electron orbitals, and 2 valence electrons in unfilled orbitals. That is why it forms bonds with 2 hydrogen molecules to form water (H2O)

The number of valence electrons can change when you add or remove electrons from an atom, or in more complex atoms where filled orbitals to unfilled orbitals have the same energy and electrons can move from one to another depending on the number of other atoms it is binding with.

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