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Does oxygen or sulfur have more electron shells?

April 26, 2017Chemistry electron oxygen physical sciences shells sulfur

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Does oxygen or sulfur have more electron shells?

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Sulfur has three electron shells whereas oxygen has only two. Sulfur, with 16 electrons, fills its first shell with two electrons and its second with eight electrons. It has six electrons in its third and outermost shell.