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How many elements make up period 1?

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Only two: hydrogen and helium. This corresponds to the fact that there can be only two s orbital electrons in any electron shell, and the first shell has only s orbital electrons.

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There are only two elements in period 1: Hydrogen and Helium. Hydrogen's atomic number is 1. Helium is a noble gas (group 18) and has the number 2.

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