The atomic number of sulfur is 16. Sulfur combines with hydrogen by covalent bonding to form a compound, hydrogen sulfide. Based on the number of valence electrons in a sulfur atom, how do you predict the molecular formula of the compound?
1 Answer
Dec 18, 2016
Sulfur has 6 valence electrons; sharing electrons with 2 additional hydrogen ATOMS, would give sulfur claim to 8 valence electrons....
Explanation:
We thus predict that hydrogen sulfide would have a formula of
