I know the smell is strong, but I love that smell, I guess I got used to it growing up, as we had cabbage quite often, and I love fried cabbage too. I'll be having Corn beef and Cabbage on St. Paddy's Day, can't hardly wait-umm! Windy Â· 7 years ago.
The elements in groups 1 and 2 and helium in group 18 of the periodic table are known as s-block elements. Apart from hydrogen and helium all the elements of s-block are metals.
It's n = 3, so all electrons with n = 3 are valence electrons, and all electrons with n < 3 are non-valence electrons. (Don't be fooled by the 2p6 orbitals. Even though they are p orbitals, not s orbitals, they have n = 2, so they are non-valence electrons!) Sodium has 1 valence electron in an s orbital.