Question

What are valency and what are valence electrons?

Answer 1

Valence electron is simply the total number of electrons present in outermost shell of an atom. Valency is the number of electrons an atom looses,gains or shares with other atoms in order to get a stable configuration. Valency of Carbon will be 4 as it needs 4 more electrons to get a stable configuration.

Answer 2

Hello Mate,


Valency÷ The Valency of an element is the numbers of hydrogen atoms that can be combine or replaced with one atom of an element....


Valence electron÷It is the electron which located at the outermost shell of an atom.....


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