To start off, the electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom are called valence electrons. You can tell how many valence electrons an energy level has by finding out its group number. If an element is in group one, than it has one valence electron.
You can determine the number of electrons in the outer energy level of an atom by looking at its group number on the periodic table. For main group elements, the group number corresponds to the number of valence electrons. For example, group 1 elements have 1 valence electron, group 2 elements have 2 valence electrons, and so on.
Boron is located in group 3A. It is group 13 in modern notation. This set of elements have three valence electrons.Boron is in the 13th group in the periodic table. Elements in this group has 3 electrons in the outermost energy level. That means they have 3 valence electrons.
Elements with five electrons in the highest energy p sublevel in their ground state are referred to as Group 15 elements. The p sublevel is the third energy level, and these elements are known as the nitrogen group. Examples include nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P).
halogens (group 17 elements)
The word "valance" is used to describe electrons in the outer-most energy level of an atom. Oxygen has six valance electrons.
Group 8A elements have 8 valence electrons. This means that the highest occupied energy level in Group 8A elements will have 8 electrons, as the maximum number of electrons in an energy level is 8 based on the octet rule.
Group 18 elements have a stable octet.
The number of electrons in the highest occupied energy level of an element in Group 15 is 5. Group 15 elements have 5 valence electrons, which occupy the highest energy level.
You can determine the number of electrons in the outer energy level of an atom by looking at its group number on the periodic table. For main group elements, the group number corresponds to the number of valence electrons. For example, group 1 elements have 1 valence electron, group 2 elements have 2 valence electrons, and so on.
Atoms of elements in Group 7A of the periodic table, also known as Group 17 or the halogens, have 7 electrons in their outer energy level. Examples of elements in this group include fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine.
Group 8
Group 17 elements, also known as the halogens, have seven electrons in their outer energy level. This makes them highly reactive, as they only need one more electron to achieve a stable octet configuration.
Beryllium and magnesium have two electrons in their outermost energy level, as do all Group 2 elements.
Oxygen atoms have 6 electrons in the highest occupied energy level. They are two 2s electrons and four 2p electrons. All elements in Group 16 have 6 valence electrons. For Groups 13-18, subtract 10 from the group number and that gives you the number of valence electrons (the electrons in the highest energy s and p orbitals). The Group 1 elements have one valence electron and the Group 2 elements have two valence electrons. The transition metals can vary in the number of valence electrons. You can't necessarily go by group number for them.
Valence electrons for elements in the same group are the same because they are located in the outermost energy level of an atom. This common number of valence electrons is what gives elements within a group similar chemical properties.
The noble gases is the most stable group of elements. They have their outer electron energy levels full, but the number of electrons vary according to which noble gas it is. They are group 18 on the periodic table.
7 electrons would be in the highest occupied energy level of a 7A element. Group 7A elements have 7 valence electrons, which occupy the highest energy level of the atom.