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What element is depicted by the following electron configuration:

What element is depicted by the following electron configuration:-example-1
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you can determine this by

  • adding the numbers of the sub-shells, 2+2+6+2+4=16
  • the number on the last sub-shell, 4 means on the 4th main group
  • the 3 before 3p4, tells us on the 3rd period, so the answer is Sulphur.
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