Which group of the periodic table contains elements with valence shell electron configuration of ns^2np^1?

1 Answer
May 11, 2018

13^"th" group

Explanation:

Element with valence shell electronic configuration "ns"^2\ "np"^(1-6) belongs to p-block

Valence shell electronic configuration of all the groups of p-block are shown below

underline(bb( color(white)(..)"Group no."color(white)(..............) "E.C" color(white)(..))
color(white)(.....) 13^"th" color(white)(........ ...............) "ns"^2\ "np"^1
color(white)(.....) 14^"th" color(white)(........ ...............) "ns"^2\ "np"^2
color(white)(.....) 15^"th" color(white)(........ ...............) "ns"^2\ "np"^3
color(white)(.....) 16^"th" color(white)(........ ...............) "ns"^2\ "np"^4
color(white)(.....) 17^"th" color(white)(........ ...............) "ns"^2\ "np"^5
color(white)(.....) 18^"th" color(white)(........ ...............) "ns"^2\ "np"^6