{"id":2983,"date":"2022-08-18T12:06:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/?page_id=2983"},"modified":"2022-08-18T12:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:07:08","slug":"valence-electrons-of-all-elements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/valence-electrons-of-all-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"Valence Electrons\u00a0of all the elements in the Periodic Table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Valence electrons:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The valence electrons are the electrons in the outermost orbit of atoms in a main group element (i.e., s-block and p-block elements).<\/li><li>For most of the transition and inner transition elements, the valence electrons are primarily found in the shells outside of the noble gas core.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Atomic Number<\/th><th>Element<\/th><th>Valence Electrons<\/th><th>Valence Electrons<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/hydrogen\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11\">Hydrogen&nbsp;(H)<\/a><\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/helium\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"389\">Helium&nbsp;(He)<\/a><\/td><td>2<\/td><td>1s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/lithium\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"14\">Lithium&nbsp;(Li)<\/a><\/td><td>1<\/td><td>2s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/beryllium\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17\">Beryllium&nbsp;(Be)<\/a><\/td><td>2<\/td><td>2s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/boron\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"341\">Boron&nbsp;(B)<\/a><\/td><td>3<\/td><td>2s2 2p1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/carbon\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"344\">Carbon&nbsp;(C)<\/a><\/td><td>4<\/td><td>2s2 2p2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/nitrogen\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"347\">Nitrogen&nbsp;(N)<\/a><\/td><td>5<\/td><td>2s2 2p3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/oxygen\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"350\">Oxygen&nbsp;(O)<\/a><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>2s2 2p4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/fluorine\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"137\">Fluorine&nbsp;(F)<\/a><\/td><td>7<\/td><td>2s2 2p5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/neon\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"386\">Neon&nbsp;(Ne)<\/a><\/td><td>8<\/td><td>2s2 2p6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/sodium\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"20\">Sodium&nbsp;(Na)<\/a><\/td><td>1<\/td><td>3s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>Magnesium&nbsp;(Mg)<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>3s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13<\/td><td>Aluminum&nbsp;(Al)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>3s2 3p1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td>Silicon&nbsp;(Si)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>3s2 3p2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td>Phosphorus&nbsp;(P)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>3s2 3p3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<\/td><td>Sulfur&nbsp;(S)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>3s2 3p4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17<\/td><td>Chlorine&nbsp;(Cl)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>3s2 3p5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18<\/td><td>Argon&nbsp;(Ar)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>3s2 3p6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19<\/td><td>Potassium&nbsp;(K)<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>4s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<\/td><td>Calcium&nbsp;(Ca)<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>4s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21<\/td><td>Scandium&nbsp;(Sc)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>3d1 4s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22<\/td><td>Titanium&nbsp;(Ti)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>3d2 4s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23<\/td><td>Vanadium&nbsp;(V)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>3d3 4s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24<\/td><td>Chromium&nbsp;(Cr)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>3d5 4s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>25<\/td><td>Manganese&nbsp;(Mn)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>3d5 4s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26<\/td><td>Iron&nbsp;(Fe)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>3d6 4s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27<\/td><td>Cobalt&nbsp;(Co)<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>3d7 4s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28<\/td><td>Nickel&nbsp;(Ni)<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>3d8 4s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29<\/td><td>Copper&nbsp;(Cu)<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>3d10 4s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30<\/td><td>Zinc&nbsp;(Zn)<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>3d10 4s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>31<\/td><td>Gallium&nbsp;(Ga)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>4s2 4p1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>32<\/td><td>Germanium&nbsp;(Ge)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>4s2 4p2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>33<\/td><td>Arsenic&nbsp;(As)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>4s2 4p3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>34<\/td><td>Selenium&nbsp;(Se)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>4s2 4p4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>35<\/td><td>Bromine&nbsp;(Br)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>4s2 4p5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>36<\/td><td>Krypton&nbsp;(Kr)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>4s2 4p6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>37<\/td><td>Rubidium&nbsp;(Rb)<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>5s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>38<\/td><td>Strontium&nbsp;(Sr)<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>5s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>39<\/td><td>Yttrium&nbsp;(Y)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>4d1 5s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>40<\/td><td>Zirconium&nbsp;(Zr)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>4d2 5s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>41<\/td><td>Niobium&nbsp;(Nb)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>4d4 5s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>42<\/td><td>Molybdenum&nbsp;(Mo)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>4d5 5s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>43<\/td><td>Technetium&nbsp;(Tc)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>4d5 5s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>44<\/td><td>Ruthenium&nbsp;(Ru)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>4d7 5s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>45<\/td><td>Rhodium&nbsp;(Rh)<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>4d8 5s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>46<\/td><td>Palladium&nbsp;(Pd)<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>4d10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>47<\/td><td>Silver&nbsp;(Ag)<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>4d10 5s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>48<\/td><td>Cadmium&nbsp;(Cd)<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>4d10 5s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>49<\/td><td>Indium&nbsp;(In)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>5s2 5p1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>50<\/td><td>Tin&nbsp;(Sn)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>5s2 5p2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>51<\/td><td>Antimony&nbsp;(Sb)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>5s2 5p3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>52<\/td><td>Tellurium&nbsp;(Te)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5s2 5p4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>53<\/td><td>Iodine&nbsp;(I)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>5s2 5p5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>54<\/td><td>Xenon&nbsp;(Xe)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>5s2 5p6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>55<\/td><td>Cesium&nbsp;(Cs)<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>6s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>56<\/td><td>Barium&nbsp;(Ba)<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>57<\/td><td>Lanthanum&nbsp;(La)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>5d1 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>58<\/td><td>Cerium&nbsp;(Ce)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>4f1 5d1 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>59<\/td><td>Praseodymium&nbsp;(Pr)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>4f3 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>60<\/td><td>Neodymium&nbsp;(Nd)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>4f4 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>61<\/td><td>Promethium&nbsp;(Pm)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>4f5 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>62<\/td><td>Samarium&nbsp;(Sm)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>4f6 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>63<\/td><td>Europium&nbsp;(Eu)<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>4f7 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>64<\/td><td>Gadolinium&nbsp;(Gd)<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>4f7 5d1 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>65<\/td><td>Terbium&nbsp;(Tb)<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>4f9 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>66<\/td><td>Dysprosium&nbsp;(Dy)<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>4f10 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>67<\/td><td>Holmium&nbsp;(Ho)<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>4f11 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>68<\/td><td>Erbium&nbsp;(Er)<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>4f12 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>69<\/td><td>Thulium&nbsp;(Tm)<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>4f13 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>70<\/td><td>Ytterbium&nbsp;(Yb)<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>4f14 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>71<\/td><td>Lutetium&nbsp;(Lu)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>5d1 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>72<\/td><td>Hafnium&nbsp;(Hf)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>5d2 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>73<\/td><td>Tantalum&nbsp;(Ta)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>5d3 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>74<\/td><td>Tungsten&nbsp;(W)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5d4 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>75<\/td><td>Rhenium&nbsp;(Re)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>5d5 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>76<\/td><td>Osmium&nbsp;(Os)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>5d6 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>77<\/td><td>Iridium&nbsp;(Ir)<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>5d7 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>78<\/td><td>Platinum&nbsp;(Pt)<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>5d9 6s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>79<\/td><td>Gold&nbsp;(Au)<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>5d10 6s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>80<\/td><td>Mercury&nbsp;(Hg)<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>5d10 6s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>81<\/td><td>Thallium&nbsp;(Tl)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>6s2 6p1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>82<\/td><td>Lead&nbsp;(Pb)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>6s2 6p2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>83<\/td><td>Bismuth&nbsp;(Bi)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>6s2 6p3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>84<\/td><td>Polonium&nbsp;(Po)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>6s2 6p4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>85<\/td><td>Astatine&nbsp;(At)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>6s2 6p5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>86<\/td><td>Radon&nbsp;(Rn)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>6s2 6p6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>87<\/td><td>Francium&nbsp;(Fr)<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>7s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>88<\/td><td>Radium&nbsp;(Ra)<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>89<\/td><td>Actinium&nbsp;(Ac)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>6d1 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>90<\/td><td>Thorium&nbsp;(Th)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>6d2 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>91<\/td><td>Protactinium&nbsp;(Pa)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>5f2 6d1 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>92<\/td><td>Uranium&nbsp;(U)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5f3 6d1 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>93<\/td><td>Neptunium&nbsp;(Np)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>5f4 6d1 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>94<\/td><td>Plutonium&nbsp;(Pu)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>5f6 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>95<\/td><td>Americium&nbsp;(Am)<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>5f7 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>96<\/td><td>Curium&nbsp;(Cm)<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>5f7 6d1 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>97<\/td><td>Berkelium&nbsp;(Bk)<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>5f9 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>98<\/td><td>Californium&nbsp;(Cf)<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>5f10 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>99<\/td><td>Einsteinium&nbsp;(Es)<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>5f11 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>100<\/td><td>Fermium&nbsp;(Fm)<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>5f12 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>101<\/td><td>Mendelevium&nbsp;(Md)<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>5f13 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>102<\/td><td>Nobelium&nbsp;(No)<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>5f14 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>103<\/td><td>Lawrencium&nbsp;(Lr)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>7s2 7p1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>104<\/td><td>Rutherfordium&nbsp;(Rf)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>6d2 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>105<\/td><td>Dubnium&nbsp;(Db)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>6d3 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>106<\/td><td>Seaborgium&nbsp;(Sg)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>6d4 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>107<\/td><td>Bohrium&nbsp;(Bh)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>6d5 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>108<\/td><td>Hassium&nbsp;(Hs)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>6d6 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>109<\/td><td>Meitnerium&nbsp;(Mt)<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>6d7 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>110<\/td><td>Darmstadtium&nbsp;(Ds)<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>6d9 7s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>111<\/td><td>Roentgenium&nbsp;(Rg)<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>6d10 7s1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>112<\/td><td>Copernicium&nbsp;(Cn)<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>6d10 7s2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>113<\/td><td>Nihonium&nbsp;(Nh)<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>7s2 7p1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>114<\/td><td>Flerovium&nbsp;(Fl)<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>7s2 7p2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>115<\/td><td>Moscovium&nbsp;(Mc)<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>7s2 7p3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>116<\/td><td>Livermorium&nbsp;(Lv)<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>7s2 7p4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>117<\/td><td>Tennessine&nbsp;(Ts)<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>7s2 7p5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>118<\/td><td>Oganesson&nbsp;(Og)<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>7s2 7p6<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valence electrons: The valence electrons are the electrons in the outermost orbit of atoms in a main group element (i.e., s-block and p-block elements). For most of the transition and inner transition elements, the valence electrons are primarily found in the shells outside of the noble gas core. 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