Period six on the Periodic Table starts the row after Xenon. The electron shell 6s2 6p2 corresponds to the atomic number 82. This is lead.
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The number of valence electrons increases by one as you move from left to right across a period in the periodic table. Sodium (Na) has 1 valence electron, magnesium (Mg) has 2 valence electrons, aluminum (Al) has 3 valence electrons, silicon (Si) has 4 valence electrons, phosphorus (P) has 5 valence electrons, sulfur (S) has 6 valence electrons, chlorine (Cl) has 7 valence electrons, and argon (Ar) has 8 valence electrons.
The element with a valence electron configuration of 2s2 is beryllium. Beryllium has 4 electrons, with 2 in the 2s subshell, which makes it have a valence electron configuration of 2s2.
A neutral atom of silicon has 4 valence electrons. Silicon is in Group 14 of the periodic table, so it has 4 valence electrons in its outermost shell.
The methane diazonium ion ((CH_4N_2^+)) has a total of 14 valence electrons. Methane contributes 4, and the diazonium ion contributes an additional 10 valence electrons (5 each from nitrogen and the nitrogen atom's positive charge).
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