Homework Help: biology

Posted by brenda on Friday, August 28, 2009 at 9:34pm.

which of the following atomic numbers indicates the element with the highest valence number

6
8
10
14

biology - SraJMcGin, Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 3:31am
Try here:

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Sra
biology - Anonymous, Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 8:46pm
I think it'll be 10 because the innermost layer can only hold two electrons and the second inner layer can only hold 8 electrons. The definition of valence electrons is the number of electron on the outermost layer so it'll be 10 as 10 has 8 valence electrons.

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