A sulfide ion, S2-, has 18 electrons. A neutral sulfur atom has 16 electrons, the same as the number of protons, which is the atomic number. Since electrons have a negative charge, a sulfur atom must gain two extra electrons in order to form the sulfide ion with a charge of 2-.
An S2- ion has gained two electrons, giving it a 2- charge, while a neutral sulfur atom has an equal number of protons and electrons. This means that the S2- ion has two more electrons than a neutral sulfur atom.
Sulfur's atomic number is 16. Neutral sulfur would then have 16 protons and 16 electrons. Since we're dealing with S2- though, we need to add 2 electrons to this, making 18.
Sulfur can both gain and lose electrons when forming ions. It can gain two electrons to form a sulfide ion (S2-) or lose two electrons to form a sulfide ion (S2+).
The bond order of S2 is 1.5. This is calculated by taking the total number of bonding electrons (6) and dividing by the total number of bonding regions (4).
A sulfide ion, S2-, has 18 electrons. A neutral sulfur atom has 16 electrons, the same as the number of protons, which is the atomic number. Since electrons have a negative charge, a sulfur atom must gain two extra electrons in order to form the sulfide ion with a charge of 2-.
There is no such noble gas with the same electron configuration as helium ion. Helium is the first noble gas, is stable and does not form ions. There can be, however, other ions such as H- or Li+ that will have the same number of electrons as element helium.
The ions that are isoelectronic with Cl- are Ar and K+. These ions have the same number of electrons as Cl- (18 electrons) but a different number of protons.
Krypton is isoelectronic with a sulfur ion. Both have the same number of electrons (18) but different numbers of protons.
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Sulfur's atomic number is 16. Therefore, neutral sulfur has 16 protons and 16 electrons. Since we're dealing with S2-, we need to add 2 electrons to that, giving 18 total.
S for sulfur because the number of protons tells you the atomic number with is 16 and 16 is sulfur. The electrons means it is an ion with two more electrons than protons. The neutrons have no charge but add mass to the element.
An S2- ion has gained two electrons, giving it a 2- charge, while a neutral sulfur atom has an equal number of protons and electrons. This means that the S2- ion has two more electrons than a neutral sulfur atom.
Sulfur's atomic number is 16. Neutral sulfur would then have 16 protons and 16 electrons. Since we're dealing with S2- though, we need to add 2 electrons to this, making 18.
3rd S2 P6 D10 so 18 electrons maximum
Sulfur can both gain and lose electrons when forming ions. It can gain two electrons to form a sulfide ion (S2-) or lose two electrons to form a sulfide ion (S2+).
The bond order of S2 is 1.5. This is calculated by taking the total number of bonding electrons (6) and dividing by the total number of bonding regions (4).