Elements present in the first period i.e., H and He contain only one shell which is also their valence shell and can accommodate maximum two electrons.
As first shell can accommodate only...
Hydrogen (H) : 1s2, Helium (He) : 2s2
Since helium has a complete duplet i.e., two electrons in its valence shell, it has the stable complete electronic configuration.
i. Filling of electrons in the second period:
In the second period, electrons are filled in the second shell i.e., n = 2.
This shell can accommodate a maximum of eight electrons...
The d-block in the modem periodic table is formed as a result of filling the last electron in d orbital.
As there are five orbitals in a d subshell, 10 electrons...
The p-block contains elements of groups 13 to 18.
It contains all the three types of elements i.e., metals, nonmetals and metalloids.
In the p-block, metals and nonmetals are separated from each...
Elements of group 1 and group 2 in which the last electron enters into ‘ns’ subshell are s-block elements.
The s-block elements are placed on the extreme left in the modem...
The Modern periodic table removed various anomalies of Mendeleev’s periodic table as follows:
i. All isotopes of the same element have different atomic masses but same atomic number. Therefore, they occupy...