how many electrons are present in the valence shell of nitrogen and argon? Share with your friends Share 2 Gayathri Jobless answered this nitrogen - 5argon - 8plzz thubs up! :D hope tht helped! 2 View Full Answer Akanksha Chauhan answered this the atomic number of nitrogen is 7. so, its electronic configuration would be 2,5. hence, its valence shell has 5 electrons in it.the atomic number of argon is 18. so, its electronic configuration would be 2,8,8. hence, its valence shell has 8 electrons in it. 5 Mathuvanthi answered this nitrogen=5argon=8THUMBS UP PLZ..... 3 Yoga answered this Nitrogen electronic configuration is 2,5 So the valenceshell of the element is 5 2 Ayush Kumar answered this nitrogen=5,argon=8 1