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Think of it this way: the s orbital is the first two rows, the p orbital is the final 6 rows, the d orbital is the row in between them (the transition metals), and the f orbitals are the ones at the bottom of the Periodic Table (technically, they still exist in the middle, but that would cause the periodic table to be way longer than it needs to be). So, the filled s orbital contains 2 electrons, and the filled p orbital contains 6 electrons, but your analyte contains a partially filled p orbital (there are 4. It can hold 6 - refer to the table), so the block is the p block.

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