Question

Chemists use simple diagrams to show an atom’s valence electrons and how they do what?

Answer 1

transfer

Lewis Diagrams Chemists use simple diagrams to show an atoms valence electrons and how they transfer. These diagrams have two advantages over the electron shell diagrams introduced in Chapter 2 "Elements, Atoms, and the Periodic Table". First, they show only valence electrons. Second, instead of having a circle around the chemical symbol to represent the electron shell, they have up to eight dots around the symbol; each dot.