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In how many shells do the valence electrons of iodine lie?

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Hint: From the electronic configuration of Iodine, we can know about the valence electrons present and thereby finding the number of shells in which valence electrons of iodine lie.

Complete step by step answer: Iodine, I, is located in period 5 and group 17 of the periodic table.
The Atomic Number of element Iodine is 53.
The Atomic Mass of Iodine is 126.90u.
The Electronic Configuration of the Iodine is 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p5 or we can write it as [Kr] 4d10 5s2 5p5.
Iodine has 7 valence electrons in the valence shell which means that there are 7 electrons in its outer shell.
A neutral iodine atom will have a total of 53 electrons around its nucleus. Out of these 53 electrons, some are known as valence electrons while others are known as core electrons.

ntotal=ncore+nvalence

Valence Electrons are the electrons located on the highest energy level of the atom.
In the case of Iodine, the highest energy level is n=5. So, after adding the electrons present in subshell 5s,5p total number of valence electrons come out to be seven. And core electrons are 537=46.

As, we have discussed above, valence electrons are present in subshell 5sand5p.

Therefore, the number of shells in which valence electrons of iodine lies is 5.

Note: Additional Information: Uses of Iodine: Iodine has a large number of uses. Iodide salts are used in disinfectants, printing inks, animal feed supplements and photographic chemicals. It is also used as dyes and catalysts. For making polarizing filters for LCD displays, Iodine is used.