The inflation of airbags is due to the breakdown of a single chemical substance into two separate substances. Two molecules of sodium azide (NaN3) break down into sodium (Na) and nitrogen gas (N2) during the reaction. How many sodium (Na) atoms are produced in the reaction?

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the answer is 6 valence electrons.

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valence is the # of electrons on the outer most shell of an atom.

oxygen has 6.

although, the valency of oxygen is 2, because it only needs to make 2 covalent bonds, or gain 2 electrons, to achieve the stable octet configuration of a noble gas.

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