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An element has six valence electrons available for bonding which group of the periodic table does this element most likely belong to

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Elements in groups 16 has six valance electrons.
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Answer:

16th Group.

Step-by-step explanation:

If there are six valence electrons available for bonding it means there must be two electrons in s sub shell and four in p subshell. Thus the element cannot be s block element and it cannot be d or f block element as well. The element must belong to p block.

The first group of p block contains one electron in outermost p subshell.

The first group is 13th group of periodic table.

so in this way the element with four electrons in valence p block will belong to 16th group.

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