GENERAL PROPERTIES OF GROUP VI ELEMENT
Group VI elements usually called the oxygen family have the following properties
- They are made up of oxygen (O), sulphur (S), Selenium (Se) Tellurium (Te) and Polonium (Po)
- Oxygen gas is the first member of the group
- Sulphur comes as the second member of the group and it is a solid, followed by other members.
- They have six valence electrons.
- They gain two electrons usually from group I and II metals to attain octet structure or form negative divalent ions e.g. S2, O2
- They form covalent compounds with non-metals e.g. H—–O—–H in water and H—–S—–H, hydrogen sulphide
- Their oxidation states range from -2 in its compounds except peroxides like H2O2 and K2O2 where oxygent has -1
ELECTRON STRUCTURE OF SULPHUR
Sulphur is represented with a symbol S, it has 16 atomic numbers. The electronic configuration is 2, 8,6. It is a P block element.
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