How to Find the Valence Electrons for Silver (Ag)

To find the number of valence electrons for Silver (Ag) we need to look at its electron configuration. This is necessary because Ag is a transition metal (d block element) and we need to take into account electrons found in its d orbitals. We can write this in condensed electron configuration for Silver as: [Kr] 4d¹⁰ 5s¹ How to write the Ag electron config:    • How to Write the Electron Configurati...   This allows us to look at the number of electrons outside of the Noble Gas core. For Ag this means we have 11 valence electrons. However since Silver only forms 1+ ions it could be argued that the 5s1 represent the valance electron for Ag. Note that for transition metals, like Silver, not all of the valence electrons have to be used to form chemical bonds with other elements. More on Valence Electrons for Transition Metals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence... Definition of Valence in Transition Metals: Miessler G.L. and Tarr, D.A., Inorganic Chemistry (2nd edn. Prentice-Hall 1999). p.48. Helpful videos: • Finding Valence Electrons for Transition Metals:    • How to Find the Number of Valence Ele...   • Finding Valence Electrons (element):    • Finding the Number of Valence Electro...   • Finding Valence Electrons (molecule):    • Finding the Number of Valence Electro...   • How to Draw Lewis Structures:    • How to Draw Lewis Structures: Five Ea...   Drawing/writing done in InkScape. Screen capture done with Camtasia Studio 4.0. Done on a Dell Dimension laptop computer with a Wacom digital tablet (Bamboo).u.be/4-MfzPjSla0