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Each level of the electron couds hold a certain number of electrons. The first holds 2, the second 8, the third 8.(This is the rule used for an electron cloud.) You can base the number of rings by the number of electrons in the particular element.

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More commonly referred to as shells, the number of electron clouds is the same as the period, or the row across on the periodic table, of the element. Since calcium is in the fourth period, it has four shells.

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Oxygen has the atomic number of 8. The orbital configuration is 1s2 2s2 2p4, which means there are three orbital clouds on two energy levels.

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Elemental carbon has six electrons: 2 at 1st level (shell) and 4 at 2nd level.

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This is a chemical element. You can find the how many electron in a single atom by using a Periodic Table.

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Carbon's atomic number is 6. Thus, it has 6 protons. For it to be electrically neutral then, it must have 6 electrons as well.

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4 electron shells

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Carbon has two electron shells.

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