Chemistry: An Atoms-Focused Approach

Published by W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 10: 0393912345
ISBN 13: 978-0-39391-234-0

Chapter 4 - Chemical Bonding - Visual Problems - Page 176: 2

Answer

(a) Group 2 (red column) (b) Group 15 (peach column) (c) Group 13 (green column)

Work Step by Step

(a) Group 2 elements (red column) have two valence electrons in their outermost shells. (b) Group 15 elements (peach column) have five valence electrons in their outermost shells. (c) Group 13 elements (green column) have three valence electrons in their outermost shells.
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