Valence Shell

riehmma · #1 Jan 16, 2008, 10:59 AM

Which of the following elements has 5 electrons in the valence (outer) shell?
A) C
B) B
C) S
D) F
E) P

PolluxCastor · Jan 18, 2008, 07:45 PM

Look at a Periodic Table, Nitrogen has 5 valence electrons (Oh, wait, that's not one of the choices)

ane · Jan 23, 2008, 12:04 PM

and my answer is that nitrogen (N) has 5 valence electrons....the elment that you wrote doesn't have 5 valence electrons....



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