(a) True or false: An elements number of valence electrons is the same as its atomic number....

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(a) True or false: An element’s number of valence electrons is the same as its atomic number.

(b) How many valence electrons does a nitrogen atom possess?

(c) An atom has the electron configuration 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p2. How many valence electrons does the atom have?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 9780321910417

13th Edition

Authors: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus

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