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Count the number of electrons in the innermost shell for helium, chlorine and potassium. How

many are there?

Count the number of electrons in the innermost shell for helium, chlorine and potassium-example-1
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Answer:

Helium is 2 electrons

Chlorine is 7 electrons

Potassium is 1 electron

and also Potassium is going to give chlorine an electron and do ionic bonding because chlorine is missing one electron and potassium has only 1 electron in valence

Step-by-step explanation:

Outermost shell is the outermost ring so just count black dots on there for each one

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