Answer:
Explanation:
If an atom has 13 electrons then it belongs to p-block of periodic table.
s level can accommodate 2 electrons.
p level can accommodate 6 electrons.
13 means 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p1.
As you can see there totally 5 sub-shells.
Total number of shells are 3(1,2,3).
Answer:
D)
Explanation:
Carbon.
The electronic configuration is -
Thus, 2s orbital is fully filled and p orbital can singly filled 3 electrons. Thus, Carbon has 2 singly occupied orbitals.
But in methane,
it forms 4 bonds. So, 1 electron each from 2s orbital jumps to the next orbital in the p subshell.
Thus, the configuration is:-
Thus, the valence electron configuration is:-