Question

Give reasons for the following : Valency of oxygen is generally two whereas sulphur shows valency of two, four and six.

Answer 1

oxygen belongs to 2nd period it does not contain vacant D orbital ant contains maximum two unpaired electron sulphur have vacant D orbital so it can promote its electron.

Its ground state valency is 2 while first excited state is 4 and second excited state is 6.

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