State the electronic configurations of group-$16$ elements.

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The elements of group-$16$ have six electrons in their valence shell. Hence,the general valence shell electronic configuration is $ns^{2} np^{4}$.
Element Electronic configuration
$_{8}O$ $[He] 2s^{2} 2p^{4}$
$_{16}S$ $[Ne] 3s^{2} 3p^{4}$
$_{34}Se$ $[Ar] 3d^{10} 4s^{2} 4p^{4}$
$_{52}Te$ $[Kr] 4d^{10} 5s^{2} 5p^{4}$
$_{84}Po$ $[Xe] 4f^{14} 5d^{10} 6s^{2} 6p^{4}$
$_{116}Lv$ $[Rn] 5f^{14} 6d^{10} 7s^{2} 7p^{4}$

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