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What's a valence electron?

Asked by Qwert (1points) February 28th, 2008 from iPhone
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in the electron cloud (where the electrons are around the atom) there are energey levels witch hold a certin amount of electrons the first ring holds 2 the second holds 4 and the third holds 8 and so on. The valence electron or electrons are in the outer most energy level

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