Science Flashcards
● These are the electrons located at the outermost
(highest) principal energy level of a representative or
noble gas element.
● Assigning valence electrons is only applicable to
representative elements, that is, groups IA to VIIIA
(transition elements in the d sublevels are NOT
included)
● It is, therefore, common to see valence electrons in
the s or p sublevels.
Valence Electrons
● is also called Lewis Dot Diagram or Lewis symbol.
● Gilbert Lewis, an American chemist, first introduced
this shorthand symbol
● devised by scientists to designate the valence electrons of the atoms in an element
Lewis Dot Diagram
Bonds involve the electrons in the
outer shells of atoms
The atoms of blank have blank and so are blank
noble gases, full outer shells, stable