i cant find out the answer to the number of shells in a carbon atom and how many electrons in a shell?

Answer 1

C = 6 e-

1st shell = 2 e-
2nd shell = 4 e-

Answer 2

each shell (upto neon) can hold only 8 electrons, the 1st shell can hold only 2 electrons.

Since carbon has the molecular number 6, it has 6 electrons. The 1st 2 electrons go in the 1st shell and the rest (4) go in the second shell.

So, 2 answer ur question, carbon has 2 electron shells

Answer 3

the atomic weight of carbon is six which means there are six protons and six electrons in the atom. the first shell can hold 2 the second shell then hold's the remaining four.