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What is the name of the element with a valence electron configuration of 2s22p1?

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The name of the element with valence electron configuration 2s^2 2P^1

is boron

Boron has electronic configuration of 1s^2 2S^2 2P1 or (He) 2s^2 2P^1 . since Boron is in atomic number 5. boron has 3 valence electrons


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