Question

Question #7211f

Answer 1

It’s `"Germanium"` atom

Explanation:

General electronic configuration of p-block elements is `ns^2np^(1-6)`

General electronic configuration of all 6 groups of p-block is given below

1. 13th group - `ns^2np^1`
2. 14th group - `ns^2np^2`
3. 15th group - `ns^2np^3`
4. 16th group - `ns^2np^4`
5. 17th group - `ns^2np^5`
6. 18th group - `ns^2np^6`

From above data it is clear that our atom belongs to 14th group.

Valence shell electronic configuration of given atom is `4s^2 4p^2`
`n = 4`. So it belongs to 4th period

14th group and 4th period element is `"Germanium"`