1. Electronic Configuration:
* Sulfur's atomic number is 16, meaning it has 16 electrons.
* The electronic configuration of sulfur is: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁴
2. Orbital Diagram:
* The 3p subshell has three orbitals (3px, 3py, 3pz), each capable of holding two electrons.
* The 3p⁴ configuration means we fill these orbitals with four electrons:
* 3px: ↑↓
* 3py: ↑↓
* 3pz: ↑
3. Unpaired Electrons:
* We can see that the 3pz orbital has only one electron, making it an unpaired electron.
Therefore, a sulfur atom has one unpaired electron.
