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OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok i has a question on the periodic table how are the elements in group 6A organized?

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Group 6A (or VIA) of the periodic table are the chalcogens: the nonmetals oxygen (O), sulfur (S), and selenium (Se), the metalloid tellurium (Te), and the metal polonium (Po). The name "chalcogen" means "ore former," derived from the Greek words chalcos ("ore") and -gen ("formation"). The Group 6A elements have six valence electrons in their highest-energy orbitals (ns2np4). This is only two electrons away from having a full octet of eight electrons, so many of these elements form anions having -2 charges: oxide, O2-; sulfide, S2-, selenide, Se2-, etc. In combination with other nonmetals, oxygen, sulfur, and selenium form compounds through covalent bonding.

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