Well, call me stupid but maybe because silver is a metal?
And unless they tell you the number of electrons in the outer shell, take it as 2.
there was a question to do with silver and the ionic bond AgF was formed and silver only had one electron on the outer shell and became Ag+(when it gave that electron to F) and F became F- ... thats why im confused... you just said two
there was a question to do with silver and the ionic bond AgF was formed and silver only had one electron on the outer shell and became Ag+(when it gave that electron to F) and F became F- ... thats why im confused... you just said two
Yes, only if they don't tell you otherwise, or imply otherwise. You can get Ag(I), Ag(II), Ag(III)...the roman numerals tell you the valency, but if they don't tell you just assume it's two.
and how do u know how many electrons on the outter shell of it ??
all elements under period 3 i seem to get confused with... PLEASE HELP EXAM TOMMOROW TAHNKSSS
You do have to know that silver has metallic bonding. You won't have to know how many electrons silver has in its outer shell.
If you have learnt about sub-shells and orbitals you should be able to work out how many electrons there are in the sub shell that is most weakly attracted.