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How many unpaired electrons are in a sulfur atom (atomic number 16)?

Stable electron configurations are likely to contain __??

Respuesta :

I would say only two

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SULFUR has two unpaired atoms as SULFUR has 6 atoms total in which
Sulfur will have a pair of electrons in the 1st 3p orbital , 1 electron in the 2nd 3p orbital, and 1 electron in the 3rd 3p orbital.

S: 1s^22s^22p^63s^23p^4.

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