how many electrons are found in the outer shell of metalloids?
oh, and i have one more question.
What element is the most abundant element in the universe?
2007-11-12 12:58:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Hydrogen is the most abundant element and metalloids vary. It depends on how many protons are in the nucleus. For every proton, a electron gets attracted. The first shell can hold two electrons, the second 8, the third 8, and so on. You can look at the electron dot formula. That will tell you how many electrons are in the outer most shell.
2007-11-12 13:58:11 · answer #1 · answered by smr44858 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of different metalloids and so they'll have different numbers of outer electrons.
Hydrogen is the most abundant element. Every atom of any element other than hydrogen has been formed in a star or in a supernova explosion.
2007-11-12 13:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋