{"id":2783,"date":"2023-03-20T19:36:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valenceelectrons.com\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2023-10-11T18:53:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:53:36","slug":"valence-electrons-of-oxygen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valenceelectrons.com\/valence-electrons-of-oxygen\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find the Valence Electrons for Oxygen (O)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oxygen is the eighth element of the periodic table and the symbol is \u2018O\u2019. The standard atomic mass of oxygen is 15.99903. Oxygen participates in the formation of bonds through valence electrons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the valence electrons of oxygen?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oxygen is a non-metallic element. Oxygen is an element of group-16. The valence electron is the total number of electrons in the last orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total number of electrons in the last shell after the electron configuration of oxygen<\/a> is called the valence electrons of oxygen.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Valence electrons of oxygen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The valence electrons determine the properties of the element and participate in the formation of bonds. The electron configuration of oxygen shows that the last shell of oxygen has a total of six electrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you calculate the number of valence electrons in an oxygen atom?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The valence electrons have to be determined by following a few steps. The electron configuration is one of them. It is not possible to determine the valence electron without electron configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing the electron configuration in the right way, it is very easy to determine the valence electrons of all the elements<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, valence electrons can be easily identified by arranging electrons according to the Bohr principle. Now we will learn how to determine the valence electrons of oxygen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step-1: Determining the total number of electrons in oxygen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First we need to know the total number of electrons<\/a> in the oxygen atom. To know the number of electrons, you need to know the number of protons in oxygen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to know the number of protons, you need to know the atomic number of the oxygen element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To know the atomic number we need to take the help of a periodic table. It is necessary to know the atomic number of oxygen elements from the periodic table.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Position of oxygen in the periodic table<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The atomic number is the number of protons. And electrons equal to protons are located outside the nucleus. That is, we can finally say that there are electrons equal to the atomic number in the oxygen atom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the periodic table, we see that the atomic number of oxygen is 8. That is, an oxygen atom has a total of eight electrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step-2: Need to do electron configuration of oxygen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Step 2 is very important. In this step, the electrons of oxygen have to be arranged. We know that oxygen atoms have a total of eight electrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The electron configuration<\/a> of oxygen shows that there are two electrons in the K shell and six in the L shell. That is, the first shell of oxygen has two and the second shell has six electrons.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Oxygen Electron Configuration<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Step-3: Determine the valence shell and the calculate total electrons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The third step is to diagnose the valence shell. The last shell after the electron configuration is called the valence shell. The total number of electrons in a valence shell is called a valence electron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The electron configuration of oxygen shows that the last shell of oxygen has six electrons. Therefore, the valence electrons of oxygen are six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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