Looking at the periodic table how can you tell how many valence electrons an atom will have?

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Jazlene Fry

11 December, 15:20

Looking at the periodic table how can you tell how many valence electrons an atom will have?

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Jorge Barnett · Answer 1

The Group number of a non-transition metal can be used to find the number of valence electrons in an atom of that element. The ones place of the group number is the number of valence electrons in an atom of these elements