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How do you determine the number of shells an element has

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The number of shells in an element can be determined by the number of an electrons an element has.

The first shell can hold 2 electrons

The second holds 8

The third holds 18 & so on

To see how many shells there are place each electron you have from your given element in a shell,

When a shell fills up move on to the next one...

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