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Junaid Mirza
Nov 23, 2017

It’s "Germanium" atom

Explanation:

General electronic configuration of p-block elements is ns^2np^(1-6)

General electronic configuration of all 6 groups of p-block is given below

  1. 13th group - ns^2np^1
  2. 14th group - ns^2np^2
  3. 15th group - ns^2np^3
  4. 16th group - ns^2np^4
  5. 17th group - ns^2np^5
  6. 18th group - ns^2np^6

From above data it is clear that our atom belongs to 14th group.

Valence shell electronic configuration of given atom is 4s^2 4p^2
n = 4. So it belongs to 4th period

14th group and 4th period element is "Germanium"

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