How will you find the valency of nitrogen, oxygen and fluorine:
K-Shell L-shell
Oxygen 2 6
Nitrogen 2 5
Fluorine 2 7
Valency of oxygen = 8 - 6 = 2
Valency of nitrogen = 8 - 5 = 3
Valency of fluorine = 8 - 7 = 1
Note : When the outermost shell of an atom contains 4 or more electrons, its valency is equal to 8 minus the number of electrons in the outermost shell.