Yes it will. Selenium has 6 valence electrons. If it accepts two more electrons to form Se2-, the resulting ion will have octet of electrons in the valence shell and will be stable.
The electron configuration of selenium for a 2- ion is [Kr]4s2.3d10.4p6.
selenium has a -2 charge. when it forms a compound with another atom the charge of the compound should be zero unless it has a cahrge in its equation. when compounds form they try to be in the most stable state which is when all their valance elctrons are full which means the charge is zero.
Since Selenium is a Chalcogen (meaning it's in group 6A on the Periodic Table), it gains 2 electrons to form an ion with a charge of -2.
Se-2 ion or selenide ion is the most common.
Se2- 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p6
The electron configuration of selenium for a 2- ion is [Kr]4s2.3d10.4p6.
selenium has a -2 charge. when it forms a compound with another atom the charge of the compound should be zero unless it has a cahrge in its equation. when compounds form they try to be in the most stable state which is when all their valance elctrons are full which means the charge is zero.
Since Selenium is a Chalcogen (meaning it's in group 6A on the Periodic Table), it gains 2 electrons to form an ion with a charge of -2.
Se-2 ion or selenide ion is the most common.
selenium
This chemical element is selenium.
The oxidation states of selenium are: -2, +2, +4, +6.
Selenium has 34 total electrons. It has 6 valence electrons.
Se2- 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p6
The most common Selenium ion is Se2- the selenide ion. It is in the same group as oxygen and its most common ion in the oxide ion O2-.
Actually, all of them can form positive ion, if reacted with a more reactive element than them. Like Oxygen or Chlorine.
Selenium may lose 2, 4 or 6 electrons and may gain 2 electrons.