How many unpaired electrons are in sulfur?

Answer 1

The answer is two.

Third shell of sulfur is occupied by 6 electrons:

3s2 3px2 3py 3pz

of which the first 4 electrons (in 3s2 3px2) are paired (superscipted 2 means 2

electrons per sublevel)

and the other 2 electrons are unpaired (3py 3pz, no superscript means 1 electron per sublevel).

Answer 2

It has 2 unpaired electrons

3s2 3p4 , which means it has 3 orbitals in the the p subshell, each orbital can hold two electrons, Hunds rule tells us to put one electron in each orbital first and then we can fill up the orbitals. So if there are 4 electrons in the p subshell, the three orbitals will get one electron in each first, then the fourth electron will be paired with a lone electron in one of the orbitals, leaving 2 electrons unpaired/alone.

Answer 3

Each neutral sulfur atom has two unpaired electrons.

Answer 4

2 unpaired electrons

Answer 5

Two unpaired electrons in the p-orbital

Answer 6

6 are paired and 2 are left unparied

Answer 7

2

Answer 8

none