What is the octet rule of oxygen? - Socratic
2014年2月8日 · The octet rule is the understanding that most atoms seek to gain stability in their outer most energy level by filling the s and p orbitals of the highest energy level with eight …
How many valence electrons does oxygen have? - Socratic
2014年4月15日 · Oxygen has 6 valence electrons. A way to remember this is to note that it is in column 16 of the periodic table. For the representative elements (columns 1, 2, 13-18), the …
What is the charge that results when oxygen becomes an ion?
2015年12月14日 · -2 Oxygen has 6 valence electrons. To fill up the valence shell, which (when in oxygen's row) has 8 electrons, an oxygen atom wants to gain 2 electrons. Since every electron …
Why does the oxygen have more attraction for electrons than the ...
2018年3月29日 · Oxygen has a higher electronegativity ( 3.5) than Hydrogen (2.2) so the electrons are drawn more to the Oxygen than Hydrogen. Oxygen has a positive charge of +8 …
When oxygen combines with hydrogen, how many valence …
2018年5月11日 · Oxygen has 6 valence electrons. Bonding is sharing of valance electrons The electron density of two of the valance electrons of Oxygen are shared with the Hydrogen …
Why is O2 paramagnetic? - Socratic
2016年9月25日 · "O"_2 is paramagnetic because it has two unpaired electrons. > The Lewis structure of "O"_2 gives a misleading impression. It shows that all the electrons in oxygen are …
How can an oxygen atom become an ion with a charge of -2?
2018年3月14日 · ) This causes Oxygen to have a negative charge and the other atom a positive charge. Oxygen has an electron configuration of # 1s^2 2s^2 2p^4 # This leaves Oxygen with …
An oxygen atom has a total of 8 elections. How do you write the 4 ...
2015年3月17日 · You know that a neutral oxygen atom has 8 electrons. It's always helpful to write the electron configuration for an element before trying to assign quantum numbers for each …
Why does anion of oxygen have a charge of negative 2?
2015年10月7日 · To expand, the oxide anion, O^(2-), does indeed have a charge of -2. The oxygen atom , and the oxygen molecule are formally neutral. Why? For oxygen, Z, the atomic …
What is the number of valence electrons in oxygen? - Socratic
2016年8月25日 · Oxygen is in Group VI, so there are 6 valence electrons in the oxygen ATOM. For oxygen, Z=8. If there are 8 protons in the oxygen nucleus, the atom must also contain 8 …