Determine valence electrons using the periodic table (article) | Khan Academy (2024)

Learn how to determine the number of valence electrons for an element using the periodic table.

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  • Steve

    7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to Steve's post “Why doesn't helium have 8...”

    Why doesn't helium have 8 electrons instead of 2?

    (9 votes)

    • vincent.wang11

      7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to vincent.wang11's post “Since helium is the secon...”

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      Since helium is the second element in the table, a neutral helium atom can't have 8 electrons as it only has two. The other elements have an atomic number greater than 8.

      (30 votes)

  • Susan Yang

    4 months agoPosted 4 months ago. Direct link to Susan Yang's post “so how many valence elect...”

    so how many valence electrons does group 3-12 have? or do they have none at all?

    (5 votes)

  • alexa araujo

    6 months agoPosted 6 months ago. Direct link to alexa araujo's post “How many electrons can fi...”

    How many electrons can fill each shell?

    (1 vote)

    • Pierce, Greyson

      6 months agoPosted 6 months ago. Direct link to Pierce, Greyson's post “2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 2. ...”

      2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 2. IT follows the rule of 2n^2, where n is equal to the position of the shell.

      (6 votes)

  • rachelaysss

    10 days agoPosted 10 days ago. Direct link to rachelaysss's post “Do we always need 8 valan...”

    Do we always need 8 valance electrons. If we do then how does it satisfy the electrons in each shell(2,8,18,32) as we are only supposed to have 8 valence electrons

    (3 votes)

  • Kytzia

    2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to Kytzia's post “how can you remember the ...”

    how can you remember the names of the period table

    (1 vote)

    • piggy✩°。⋆

      2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to piggy✩°。⋆'s post “i memorise it usinghttps...”

      i memorise it using
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz4Dd1I_fX0
      its helpful.

      (2 votes)

  • kristine.aboloje

    8 months agoPosted 8 months ago. Direct link to kristine.aboloje's post “How many electrons can fi...”

    How many electrons can fill each shell?

    (1 vote)

    • Anushka

      5 months agoPosted 5 months ago. Direct link to Anushka's post “first shell is 2, second ...”

      first shell is 2, second shell is 8, third shell is 18, and then 32.

      (2 votes)

  • davidcsjohnson

    3 months agoPosted 3 months ago. Direct link to davidcsjohnson's post “Why is He in group 18 and...”

    Why is He in group 18 and not group 2? Wouldn't it make more sense to put it in group 2 so the number of VE is the same as the others in the group since that seems to be the way it is organized?

    (1 vote)

    • 🌊 ~Saanvika~ 💙

      2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to 🌊 ~Saanvika~ 💙's post “That is because helium ha...”

      That is because helium has a full outer shell like the noble gases it is grouped with, and shares many other properties with the noble gases in group 18. Hope this helps!

      (2 votes)

  • AzizT

    13 days agoPosted 13 days ago. Direct link to AzizT's post “How are atoms created ?”

    How are atoms created ?

    (1 vote)

    • Pebbles

      5 days agoPosted 5 days ago. Direct link to Pebbles's post “Atoms were created in Cre...”

      Atoms were created in Creation by God. Read Genesis 1 and 2 for further info on the universe's creation.

      (2 votes)

  • Joselin Cornu ventura

    2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to Joselin Cornu ventura's post “who invented the periodic...”

    who invented the periodic tablet

    (0 votes)

    • trini

      2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to trini's post “Dmitri Mendeleev made the...”

      Dmitri Mendeleev made the design of the modern periodic table we know of today, but Alexandre-Emile Beguyer de Chancourtois organized the elements by atomic "weight" 5 years earlier.

      (5 votes)

  • Charlie Clare

    a month agoPosted a month ago. Direct link to Charlie Clare's post “Why are Ts and Og not cla...”

    Why are Ts and Og not classified like the rest of the elements?

    (1 vote)

    • Richard

      a month agoPosted a month ago. Direct link to Richard's post “All the elements with ato...”

      All the elements with atomic numbers greater than uranium are synthetic, but we’ve been able to produce these synthetic elements in varying quantities based on the ease of their synthesis process. So some synthetic elements we’ve made kilogram quantities which have been stable enough to be tested and used in nuclear applications, and other we’ve made only a few atoms which lasted less than a second.

      The relatively more stable elements are able to be characterized so we know things like their boiling points, atomic radius, ionization energy, etc. So these elements we know generally what type they are (metal or nonmetal for example). But the less stable elements are in such a small quantity that we cannot characterize them properly so we don’t know with enough certainty what to classify them as. So tennessine and oganesson are colored differently because the authors could not decide how to classify them. They could be nonmetals, but they could also be metalloids, and we can’t be sure based on the limited information.

      Hope that helps.

      (1 vote)

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