How many valence electrons does an atom of chlorine have?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. 7
- Step 1: Chlorine is in Group 17, so it has seven electrons in its outer shell.
Answer
7.
Why not the others: 1, 5 and 8 do not fit.
Practise more Periodic table and bonding.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed Tahsili SAAT (Saudi Arabia) mock tests.
More Periodic table and bonding questions
- Which group of the periodic table contains the noble gases?
- What type of bond forms between sodium and chlorine in sodium chloride?
- What is the trend in atomic radius across a period from left to right?
- What is the molecular shape of water?
- Which gas is produced when zinc reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid?
- What is the name of the process by which a solid changes directly into a gas?