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How many more valence electrons does carbon need to be a full outer valence shell?
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How many more valence electrons does carbon need to be a full outer valence shell?

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4 because it's electron configuration is 1s2 2s2 2p2 and to have a full outer valence shell you need 2p6 so you only need 4 more electrons to get to 2p6.
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