1. Electronic Configuration:
* Sulfur's atomic number is 16, meaning it has 16 electrons.
* Its electronic configuration is: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁴
2. Orbital Diagram:
* The 3p subshell has three orbitals (3px, 3py, 3pz).
* Each orbital can hold a maximum of two electrons with opposite spins.
* We fill the orbitals with the 4 electrons in the 3p subshell, following Hund's rule (each orbital gets one electron before pairing up).
Here's the orbital diagram:
```
3px 3py 3pz
↑ ↑ ↓
```
3. Unpaired Electrons:
* As you can see, there are two unpaired electrons in sulfur.
