A deep-space probe analyzes a crystalline mineral from an uncharted asteroid and detects a neutral atom whose electron configuration is $1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^4$. The mission's automated synthesizer must determine how many valence electrons this atom possesses to predict its bonding capacity in constructing novel polymers. How many valence electrons does this alien atom have available for chemical bonding?

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