Answer to Question #99163 in Chemistry for Keely

Question

Looking at your patterns, how could you predict the bonding pattern of elements based on their location in the periodic table. You might consider the following: chemical families, valence electrons, electronegativity, ionization energy, and oxidation numbers (charge). For element CS2

Answer 1

All members of a particular group have analogous valence electron configuration, suggesting that all members of a group show a family relationship in the types and number of the chemical bonds that they are able to form. Each period corresponds to the successive occupation of the orbitals in valence shell of the atom, with long periods corresponding to the occupation of the orbitals of a d sub-shell. Successive periods down the table correspond to successively higher values of n for the valence shell.