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What is the valency of oxygen that you can calculate by the method discussed above?

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1) Oxygen has 8 electrons in its atom. The distribution of electrons is 2, 6.
2) The outer most shell consists 6 electrons, this number is hear to 8.
3) Hence the valency of oxygen is `8-6=2.`
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