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Recently discovered elements (August 2003) with atomic number 113 and 115 have valence electrons in:

A
s-orbital
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p-orbital
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d-orbital
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forbital
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Solution

The correct option is B p-orbital
Two superheavy elements, elements 113 and 115, were recently synthesized through a collaborative effort between scientists from the Physical and Life Sciences Directorate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and researchers from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research at the Flerov Laboratory for Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia.
113:[Rn]4f145d107s27p1
115:[Rn]4f145d107s27p3
have p valence electron
Thus, p-block element

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