Answer: 8 electrons
Explanation: Valence electrons are the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom and they are important in chemical reactions.
Atoms are <em>happy</em> when they follow the octet rule which states that 2 electrons can go in the first shell and 8 electrons can go in the other shells.
Electrons are happy when they have a full outer shell which usually needs to be 8 electrons. However, some of the smaller elements like helium are happy because they can hold a max of 2 electrons and helium has 2 electrons since it has 2 protons in its core as well as 2 electrons in its energy levels.
Models in science help you get the idea of what something looks like that's why your teacher may ask you to draw a diagram to help you remember what the object looks like.
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Answer:
a, b, c, d
Explanation:
Rutherford’ atomic model is based on the gold foil experiment. In this experiment, beam of alpha rays was bombarded on thin gold foil. He observed that:
Most of the alpha particles passed through thin foil without any deflection.
Few alpha particles deflected by an angle of 90o.
Based on observation, Rutherford concluded that majority of the space inside the atom is empty.
He explained defection of few alpha particles by assuming that most of the mass is concentrated at the nucleus and positively charged.
Therefore, among given, the correct statements are:
The atom contains a positively charged nucleus.
Positive charge is condensed in one location within the atom.
The majority of the space inside the atom is empty space
The mass of an atom is concentrated at the nucleus
Therefore, the correct options are:
a, b, c, d
