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How Many Valence Electrons Does Sulfur(S) Have?

Answer:

Sulphur,S, has six valence electrons.

Explanation:

Now we are going to know  how many  valence electrons  sulfur  have in just 5 steps.

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             Step-1:

First, find the atomic number of sulfur from periodic table.

From periodic table ,we see that the atomic number of sulfur is 16.

                 Step-2:

We know that the atomic number of sulfur is 16.So sulfur has 16 protons and 16 electrons as the charge of electrons and protons are equal but opposite in nature.The charge of proton is +1 and the charge of electron is -1.

                Step-3:

Now write the electron configuration of sulfur .

S(16)=1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁴

                Step-4:

S(16)=1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁴

Now we will find out valence shell of sulfur from the electronic configuration of sulfur.

S(16)=1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁴

Valence shell can be found from the highest number of principal quantum number.

You know that principal quantum number is expressed by n.

S(16)=1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁴

Here the highest value of n is 3.SoThe valence shell of sulfur is 3s²3p⁴

                 Step-5

In this step,we will find out the valence electrons of sulfur.

We have to bear in mind that the electrons of valence shell are called valence electrons.

S(16)=1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁴

From the above electron configuration of sulfur,we see that sulfur has 6 valence electrons in its valence shell(3s²3p⁴).

So, there are six valence electrons of sulfur.

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