text: chem help!!!!!!!!!!!? tell how many unpaired electrons are in the following.  sulfer  argon  ....  please tell me how to do them! thanks wow, this takes me back.  sulfur has 16 electrons, right?  1s - 2 electrons 2s - 2 electrons 2p - 6 electrons 3s - 2 electrons 3p - this one can hold 6 electrons, but in sulfur, you've only got 4 more left.  you'd have one pair and two unpaired electrons.  argon has 18, so the 3p would be full, so no unpaired electrons.  besides, it's a noble gas, so i guess you can assume that anyway.