An electrically neutral atom has the following electron configuration: $1s^2, 2 s^2, 2p^6, 3s^2, 3p^4$ . What is the name of this atom?

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An electrically neutral atom has the following electron configuration: $1s^2, 2 s^2, 2p^6, 3s^2, 3p^4$ . What is the name of this atom?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-13T04:44:25

A sulfur atom is specified.

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The electronic configuration is put in to distract you. If there are are 16 electrons in the NEUTRAL atom, there are nuclear protons, i.e. $Z=16$ . If $Z=16$ , the element is $"sulfur"$ .

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