Question

WILL FAN AND MEDAL

What is the position of an element in the periodic table if its electron configuration is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^5 ?

In the group 5A element

In the group 6A element

In the group 3A element

In the group 7A element

Answer 1

@cliffordtapp @18reynowi

Answer 2

Its Chlorine, so it would be in the group 3a

Answer 3

That was wrong @18reynowi

Answer 4

I googled it this time, Chlorine is in group 7 a, it said VII which is the roman numeral for 7

Answer 5

the element was argon

Answer 6

I tried a different site and found it

Answer 7

As we can see the outermost orbital has 5 electrons. So it should be in group 5A