Question

What is the significance of the symbol S₈? (Write 3 points )

Answer 1

Answer:

S8 means sulfur

Explanation:

Sulfur is essential to all living things. It is taken up as sulfate from the soil (or seawater) by plants and algae. It is used to make two of the essential amino acids needed to make proteins. It is also needed in some co-enzymes.

Answer 2

Explanation:

• The atomic number of Sulfur is 16 and 2,8,6 is its electronic configuration.
• The chemical formula of the sulfur molecule is S₈ in which each sulfur atom is linked to similar atoms on either side by a single covalent bond in such a way that they formed crown-like structure.
• Sulfur is abundant in the human body it is multivalent and under normal conditions, its atoms form cyclic octatmic.