An element has the following electronic configuration: [Kr]4d105s25p2 (a) What period does it belong to? (b) What is its group number? (Use group numbers from 1 to 18) (c) What kind of element is it? (Main group metal, transition metal, metalloid, nonmetal?) (d) How many unpaired electrons are there in an atom of this element?

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 An element has the following electronic configuration: [Kr]4d105s25p2
(a) What period does it belong to?
(b) What is its group number? (Use group numbers from 1 to 18)
(c) What kind of element is it? (Main group metal, transition metal, metalloid, nonmetal?)
(d) How many unpaired electrons are there in an atom of this element?

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