Question:
Identify the group and valency of the element having atomic number 119. Also, predict the outermost electronic configuration and write the general formula of its oxide.
Solution:
There are 118 elements in the 7 periods of the modern periodic table. Therefore the element with atomic number 119 will lie in the 8th period of the first group and will
have the outermost electronic configuration of 8s1. It belongs to group 1 and has a valency of one. The formula of its oxide will be M2O.