An element has the electron arrangement 2, 8, 18, 7.
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An element has the electron arrangement 2, 8, 18, 7. Say what you can about it: its period and group, its valency, whether it is a metal, the formula of its compound with sodium and with hydrogen, and its name.
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The position predicts the valency, the formulas, the reactivity and the nature of an element. A property in the middle of a group can be estimated as the average of its two neighbours, but only roughly.
The worked solution
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Step 1. Place. Four shells: period 4. Seven outer electrons: group 17.
Step 2. Valency. It gains one electron: valency .
Step 3. Nature. A halogen, so a non-metal.
Step 4. Formulas. With sodium: NaX. With hydrogen: HX.
Answer: period 4, group 17, valency , a non-metal; NaBr and HBr; it is bromine.
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