In the modern periodic table, elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic numbers which is related to the electronic configuration. Depending upon the type of orbitals receiving the last electron, the elements in the periodic table have been divided into four blocks, viz, s, p, d and f. The modern periodic table consists of 7 periods and 18 groups. Each period begins with the filling of a new energy shell. In accordance with the Arfbau principle, the seven periods (1 to 7) have 2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32 and 32 elements respectively. The seventh period is still incomplete. To avoid the periodic table being too long, the two series of f-block elements, called lanthanoids and actinoids are placed at the bottom of the main body of the periodic table.
Now answer the following five questions :
(i) The element with atomic number 57 belongs to :
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Verified by Experts(i) (ii); (iii) (iv)
(i) (ii) (iii)
(iv) Element just above Z = 43 will be Z = 43 – 18 = 25 and will have electronic configuration 1s 2 2s 2 2p 6 3s 2 3p 6 3d 5 4s 2 .
(v) All these elements have outermost configuration ns 2 np 5 . So they belong to Group (12 + 5 = 17) means halogen family.
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