P-block

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**Chemical elements in p-block**
Group	13	14	15	16	17	18
Period
2	5 B	6 C	7 N	8 O	9 F	10 Ne
3	13 Al	14 Si	15 P	16 S	17 Cl	18 Ar
4	31 Ga	32 Ge	33 As	34 Se	35 Br	36 Kr
5	49 In	50 Sn	51 Sb	52 Te	53 I	54 Xe
6	81 Tl	82 Pb	83 Bi	84 Po	85 At	86 Rn
7	113 Uut	114 Uuq	115 Uup	116 Uuh	117 Uus	118 Uuo

The p-block of the periodic table of the elements consists of the last six groups minus helium (which is located in the s-block). In the elemental form of the p-block elements, the highest energy electron occupies a p-orbital. The p-block contains all of the nonmetals (except for Hydrogen and Helium which are in the s-block) and semimetals, as well as some of the metals.

The groups of the p-block are:

13 (IIIB,IIIA): Boron Group
14 (IVB,IVA): Carbon Group
15 (VB,VA): Nitrogen Group
16 (VIB,VIA): Chalcogens
17 (VIIB,VIIA): Halogens
18 (Group 0): Noble gases (excluding Helium)

**Explanation of above periodic table slice:**
atomic number in red are gases	atomic number in black are solids	atomic number in green are liquids	solid borders are primordial elements (older than the Earth)	dotted borders are radioactive, synthetic elements

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See also

P-block