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Sulfur (S) has 16 protons and 16 neutrons. How many electron shells does an element of sulfur have?

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Sulfur also has 16 electrons which are placed into three electron shells. First one has 2 electrons, the second one has 8 electrons, and the third has 6.

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It has 3 electron shells. Two on the first, eight on the second, and six on the third.
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