Question

What do you mean by Chalcogens in the periodic table?

Answer 1

The chalcogens in the periodic table is explained in below points:

1. In periodic table the group $16$ elements are called Chalcogens.
2. The chalcogens consists of $5$ elements : Oxygen($\mathrm{O}$), Selenium($\mathrm{Se}$), Tellurium($\mathrm{Te}$), Sulphur($\mathrm{S}$) and Polonium($\mathrm{Po}$).
3. They have a general electronic configuration of ${\mathrm{ns}}^2{\mathrm{np}}^4$ where $\mathrm{n}=$Principal quantum number

The above points clearly explains the chalcogens in periodic table.