What element has six valence electrons in each of its atoms in the ground state?

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Nam D.
Jun 17, 2018

Well, it depends...

Explanation:

If you are talking about elements with a neutral charge, i.e. just usual elements and not ions whatsoever, then we have five elements who match the criteria. They are oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), and polonium (Po). Note that the synthetic element livermorium (element number 116) is also predicted to have six valence electrons, but it's not proven yet.

These elements all belong in group 16 or the chalcogens group.

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